As has become tradition every year – on my birthday and as the new year comes around – I reflect on life, some of its lessons and takeaways for the year ahead. So…
Being a Feminist is fabulous! Those of us who have identified as feminists often feel smug – we are smart, we have sussed out the world and its inequalities, especially those between…
About a week or so ago I shared a comic strip by Adam Ellis & Grace Spelman that addresses the catcalling women are subjected to when walking down the street. Catcalling has…
Who says you can only honor mothers on Mothers’ Day? We honour mothers, as well as other mother figures in our lives everyday- at least I do. I planned to write this…
Recently I had a chance to interact with 24 vibrant women from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan (including South Sudanese living as refugees in Uganda) and Uganda, at a…
Violence is a horrifying reality for many Nigerian women, from sexual to physical assault to economic. Nearly 3 in 10 Nigerian women have experienced physical violence by age 15, while a significant…
Identity is one of the most fundamental aspects of human existence. Who we are makes a difference in how we present ourselves to the world and in turn how the world sees…
“There is important labour that feminists perform in this country and too often it gets erased when the issues become mainstream. Remember the women who speak before it is acceptable. The women…
In 2011, I visited Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. That was before all the world attention, before it’s founder Congolese gynecologist and human rights activist, Dr. Dennis Mukwege…
I am about to write words I wish 16-year-old me, could have read or came across when she so needed to embrace all that she is. Sometimes I think of her, afraid…