Feminism
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“Gender-Based Abuse Online Has Become Disturbingly Normalised,” Dooshima Tobias on Women’s Issues and Solutions
Dooshima Eberechi Tobias is a law graduate of Benue State University and an aspirant for the Bar Part II Programme at the Nigerian Law School. Currently interning at Mbafan & Co., Dooshima’s feminist consciousness has…
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The Equality of a Woman is not Subject to Anyone
Summary: This Piece highlights how women who debase themselves to fit patriarchal and religious expectations often silence their own suffering. Equality is a birthright, and submission that diminishes a woman ultimately leads to pain, shame,…
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Online-Technology Facilitated Violence: How Misogyny Adapts to Digital Spaces
Summary: Online misogyny is not new but a digital extension of gendered hostility, using technology and anonymity to harass, discredit and silence women while normalising systemic inequalities. Online misogyny is not a new form of…
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Electoral Act Amendment: The Misogyny Behind Feminising Godswill Akpabio to Express “Incompetence”
Summary: Amid outrage over the Electoral Act amendment, critics of Godswill Akpabio resorted to feminising him to imply incompetence. This article argues that such rhetoric is misogynistic and distracts from real accountability. Nigeria’s political failures…
