Misogyny
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Feminist Damilola Onosowobo Criticises Jim Iyke Over Sexist Comment on Single Mothers
Feminist and Shop Bawsty co-founder, Damilola Onosowobo, has criticised Nollywood actor Jim Iyke over his claim that single mothers cannot properly raise boys without the involvement of a male figure. Speaking in a recent interview…
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Niqab bans in Nigerian University: An attack on religious freedom and women’s rights
For over a decade, female Muslim students at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) have faced systemic discrimination due to a ban on the niqab (face veil). As reported by Punch News on November…
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The Everyday Misogyny Faced by Women Healthworkers in Nigeria
It was not passion that pushed Rahimat Ola* into the medical field. She had dreamed of becoming a writer, but her parents decided they wanted her to be a medical doctor because that was where…
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Aisha Yesufu, Simi, Others, Condemn Ibom Air’s Stripping of Passenger, Nigeria’s Selective Justice
Prominent voices, including activist Aisha Yesufu, BBN reality star Alex Unusual, and singer Simi, have condemned Ibom Air after a passenger, Comfort Emmanson, was forcibly dragged from a flight, during which her clothes were torn,…
