gender-based violence
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Analysis
Progress or Deception?: The illusion of Celebrating Gender Equality in Nigeria
Summary: While the world celebrates women’s month, Nigeria does so through elaborate empowerment programmes. But the harsh reality of this empowerment shows itself in a surge of gender-based violence, femicide, and low conviction rates. Women’s…
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Interview
“My Feminist Awakening Began in Childhood,” She Resonance’s Founder Dogo Joy Njeb
Summary: In this interview, Dogo Joy Njeb Esq., a practising lawyer and founder of SheResonance, reflects on her feminist awakening, rooted in childhood resistance to patriarchy. She speaks about unpaid labour as a deeply overlooked…
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Featured
What will it take to end Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone? A Feminist Perspective
In Sierra Leone, gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pervasive issue, with domestic abuse, female genital mutilation (FGM), and systemic discrimination continuing to threaten the lives and rights of women and girls. In 2019, the…
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Featured
#16daysofactivism: Using Storytelling as Resistance
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…
