Tagged articles on women empowerment
Accessibility to Menstrual Hygiene facilities: A Human Right or a Privilege?
Menstruation is a natural phenomenon for women in their reproductive ages. It involves the shedding of the uterine tissues through vaginal bleeding. Although it varies from women, a typical period…
How our Ableist Society is making Women with Disabilities More Vulnerable
What's Happening? Disabled people in Rwanda are usually excluded from society. Looking at the grand schemes of things, one would suggest that society just doesn't understand what disability is and…
Does Womanhood and Ambition Really Exist in Nigeria?
( McKeown, 2020) “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be…
Adolescent Pregnancy: What the High Rates Reveal about Our Society
“He pressured me to drink and introduced me to drugs. We then had intercourse, and he impregnated me.” Source: UNICEF What do we know about adolescent pregnancy? First, let’s understand…
The unknown factors behind the gender gap in the workspace
Gender equality. Source: Forbes Understanding the culture and context of Somali women’s education has a long history based on cultural, religious, economical and societal beliefs. Somali culture allocates women and…