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Bukola Fakunle: From Deafness to Defiance, a Feminist Voice for Disability and Gender Rights
Our featured champion comes with an amiable and disagreeable personality as it gets. Bukola Fakunle (alias MFE) is a local legend of sorts within the Nigerian Deaf community – a strong feminist voice. She holds…
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Terrorism Continues: Taliban Bans Women from Carpet Weaving Industry
In another blow to women’s rights and livelihoods, the Taliban has imposed a ban on women working in the carpet weaving industry in Nangarhar Province. The ban, in effect for the past four days, has…
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Women as “bags, pouches, pots or saucepans”: A review of ‘Towards the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood’
‘Towards the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood’ is a collection of extraordinary essays that together cover the harms of surrogacy from almost every possible angle. It was edited by Marie-Josephe Devillers and Ana-Luana Stoicea-Deram who co-founded…
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THISDAY Names Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Woman of the Year
THISDAY newspaper has honoured Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its Woman of the Year, recognising her exceptional leadership and strategic vision for the World Trade Organization (WTO). Published by THISDAY NEWSPAPERS LTD, THISDAY is Nigeria’s leading news…
