Two years after her death, activists gathered around a young tree planted in memory of Iniubong Umoren. Each branch bore ribbons inscribed with the names of women killed since her murder: more than 300, according to the DOHS Femicide Dashboard.…
The women most at risk of femicide are often those most easily forgotten. Yet across Nigeria and Canada, feminist activists are refusing to let their names vanish, constructing what might be termed "counter-archives" that challenge state silences and institutional erasure.…
Every 49 hours in Nigeria, a woman is killed because she is a woman. In Canada, a woman is murdered by her intimate partner every six days. Between the statistics and the silence sits a haunting truth: these women are…
Are women truly poorer than men? 100% yes. Not just temporarily broke, but poorer over their entire lifetime; Lower savings, Lower investments, Lower pensions. Lower assets. And unless something very uncomfortable changes in how society is structured, this gap will…