motherhood
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Featured
Between Career and Care: How Marriage and Motherhood Reshape Nigerian Women’s Professional Lives
Summary: Nigerian women enter the workforce in equal numbers to men but largely disappear from senior positions due to marriage and motherhood, with research showing that having a child reduces women’s employment by 23% while…
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Book Review
Motherhood and Resilience: Lola’s Fight for Autonomy in Daughter in Exile
In Daughter in Exile, Bisi Adjapon unearths the many factors that promote gender-based violence (GBV), patriarchy, male dominance, societal double standards, cultural norms, lack of support systems, economic independence, and societal judgment. She portrayed how…
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Featured
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and Why This Will Not Change
Are women truly poorer than men? 100% yes. Not just temporarily broke, but poorer over their entire lifetime; Lower savings, Lower investments, Lower pensions. Lower assets. And unless something very uncomfortable changes in how society…
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Entertainment
Eriata Ese Addresses Shaming of Women Over Marriage and Motherhood Choices
Eriata Ese, a Nigerian media personality and an entrepreneur, has called out the contradictory society pressures women face regarding their marital status and decision to have children on her official Instagram account. On October 13,…
