femicide
-
Featured
#JusticeForChristiana: Reminiscing on an artistic life and a nation’s conscience engulfed in misogynistic mores
Christiana Idowu turned 21 on June 28. She was a 300-level botany student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), undergoing her industrial training (IT) – a prerequisite to graduating from a technical department…
-
Feminism
#CallItFemicide: Feminists, DOHS, urge Lagos lawmakers to pass femicide bill
In a relentless effort to make misogyny a crime in Nigeria, the DOHS Cares Foundation, joined by feminists in the state, urged lawmakers to pass a bill against femicide. The protest, which took place at…
-
Feminism
Prison Abolitionism criticises systemic racism but overlooks women’s need for justice
On September 1, 2024, a 15-year-old boy broke into his neighbour’s house and assaulted his 14-year-old neighbour. As this news went viral among Nigerians on Twitter, certain activists called for the rehabilitation of the perpetrator,…
-
Mainstream
23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye’s kidnap & murder of his female ‘friend’ unveils femicide crisis
The arrest of 23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye, a Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, for the shocking kidnap and murder of 21-year-old Christiana Idowu has highlighted Nigeria’s growing epidemic of femicide. Christiana went missing on August…
