Articles on Women’s Empowerment
“Everything is sex… Except sex; which is power, and power is just sex” -Janelle Monae.
Inspired by Janelle Monae’s song Screwed from the album Dirty Computer. Let's start this off with a Gender inequality. A report by the World Economic Forum estimates that at the…
How Social Media is helping Female Consumers hold Corporations Accountable.
What do Always sanitary products, X-pression braids, Thinx period-proof underwear, and DevaCurl have in common? While the uses of these products are as different from each other as day is…
Corona Virus crisis: Domestic violence during lock down
In the wake of the global pandemic, Covid-19, people found themselves confined within their homes for safety. Lock down has proven to be a tough time for many, it also…
Queer Ecological Feminism; my perspective.
Through watching Queer Eye on Netflix, I took notice of the role intersectionality plays - how a minority group combine effort to help uplift people's lives. The show's concept demonstrates the interconnectedness…
Why Me? Education is my dignity.
In the Somali culture, a girl can be loved and cared for, but they are rarely thought of as education-worthy. The idea that the classroom is only for males has…
The Gender Inequality Paradox and Climate Change
Climate change is a universal problem that burdens all people and their communities, but this is unfortunately not proportional around the world. The effects of climate change cripple underdeveloped parts…
”Why we need to go back and review existing approaches for women’s full inclusion.”
2019 Global Gender Summit held in Kigali, Image 2019 One cannot overlook how the last decade was marked by the championship of equality, among which was women's full inclusion in…
How Twitter became a Resistance Enclave for Kenyan Women.
Image by Lulu Kitololo Counting Dead Women Kenya (@deadwomen_ke) is not your ordinary Twitter account. Instead of regular musings, this twitter account documents and draws attention to news about women…
Beyond the Kinky strands: The transition from oppression to liberation.
Gender inequality is still prevalent in society. This situation is mainly because gender essentially is a social construct which we learn through our experiences and that we could, therefore, unlearn…
Rape Culture and The Rise of Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone
The river banks are filled with tears. The hills and the valleys re-echo the cry of our ancestors, and the mountains weep in reply to the despicable and heinous acts…