Today is July 30, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and Nigerian women and girls are still being trafficked across West Africa and Europe for prostitution. This mostly happens through routes everyone knows, by people who are not hiding, with…
Feminists gathered from July 22 to 25, 2025, for a four-day forum themed “Strengthening Feminist Activism & Combating Systemic Injustices Against Women.” The event, hosted by the Young Urban Women Movement (YUWM), gathered women’s rights advocates from Nigeria, including Maiduguri,…
Imagine being told: “You’re excluded, but don’t worry, we’ve carved out a special side seat for you. No competition. No credibility. Just accept it quietly.” That’s what this so-called “reserved seats” bill feels like. Yes, Nigeria has a shameful record…
In an ordinary reader's eyes, Chimamanda Adichie's novel Dream Count tells the interconnected stories of four women. But it's really about how men shape and distort women's lives, enabled by their own contorted expectations. The novel opens with Chiamaka longing…