Feminism
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TOKENISM: The Inclusion of Women for Facade of Gender Equality
“While diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programmes are great, they offer partial solutions to systemic oppression, they are half-baked reliefs, they are not end points. Hence, effort should go further than quota systems and seek…
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On Surrogacy and Male Entitlement to Progeny
When men want the children, but not the women who make them. There is something unsettling about the way men—modern men—talk about surrogacy. So blasé and casual, a betrayal of what the popular and assumed…
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‘Likeability’ is not a prerequisite for feminism
There’s an unspoken rule that feminism must stay agreeable: women can speak up, but only if they do it nicely. Say the right thing, at the right time, in the right tone—or don’t say it.…
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The Middle Daughter— Chika Unigwe
Set in the eastern region of Nigeria, specifically Enugu, The Middle Daughter tells the tragic story of Nani, a woman who was subjected to gender-based violence. The Nigerian author takes the readers on a journey…
