Dulini Fernando, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick The #MeToo movement has led to women the world over coming forward with stories of harassment. This issue is not confined to a single company or industry. It is an endemic problem which spreads far beyond the cases of sexual abuse that hit the headlines sporadically. In my research, I have spoken to women in many industries who have suffered some form of sex-based harassment in the workplace – from sectors that are much more male-dominated like engineering to more supposedly “enlightened” environments such as academia. Sex-based harassment includes sexual harassment, but…
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My darling daughter, Life is what you make of it and without living it you cannot learn how to do, or be better. Many times during the course of your life you may have cause to use these words: ‘If only’, ‘I wish’, ‘Maybe if’, ‘Had I known’ to express regret for things that you’d like to change about your past or present. Thinking about your life and what should have been different is normal. Yes, there will be many times when you’ll wish things turned out different. However, your mistakes and miss-steps should serve as lessons to help you…
In the past, the former rapper and now businesswoman, Mocheddah, was featured as our Woman Crush Wednesday for her previous ventures; today she takes the spotlight for her active support of issues bordering mental health and being a propeller of its awareness. Armed with her personal experience, Mocheddah started a mental health page on Instagram aimed at addressing mental health issues while providing subsidized mental healthcare in Nigeria. View this post on Instagram Today was nothing short of amazing , I am thankful to every single person that showed up for us and themselves. This is the beginning…
“It’s frustrating because you can’t say someone is unhealthy and should lose weight without people thinking you’re body shaming them.” I watched as my friend who is a medical doctor expressed his frustration. He recently shared a tweet from a medical perspective addressing the health complications of unhealthy weight gain and to his surprise, the responses were quite defensively forceful with erroneous labels to his person. Today, the fear of sharing truth-based information is on an all-time high. It’s no news that today’s world is riddled with bullies and anonymous trolls who take pleasure in faceless attacks, hence the importance…
Sometimes black excellence translates to mean a group of black kids beating all odds to snag a college degree; sometimes it could mean a black immigrants discovering the solution of an age-old problem or rising to be a senator in a white-dominated space; other times it could be a young black woman making her dreams come through with brilliance and resilience. Our Woman Crush Wednesday, Issa Rae, is that woman for us. Starting from the bottom, Rae first garnered recognition on YouTube for her comedy series, Awkward Black Girl, however, she has since climbed up the ladder to co-writing and…
Melissa Kang, University of Technology Sydney I Need to Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re a teen, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and relationships and we’ll ask an expert to answer it for you. Hi, I have a question after reading a published piece for I Need To Know. Masturbating has always seemed to be acceptable for boys, but less commonly discussed among girls. Is it normal for girls to masturbate and are there any health consequences? I am a girl who accidentally discovered…
Following a call for nominations and voting by the readers of Pride Magazine Nigeria, the Awards Committee of the Pride Women Conference are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Jewel of Inestimable Value Awards – Late Professor Dora Akunyili and Her Excellency Aisha Buhari. The Jewel of Inestimable Value Awards is given to women, living or dead, who have contributed greatly to the betterment of society and the world. Late Professor Dora Akunyili who was appointed Director General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in 2001 gained national and international prominence as a…
Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Curtin University A large number of artefacts held in Western museums and libraries are known to have been appropriated over the ages through conquest and colonialism. The looting of African objects anthropologists, curators and private collectors took place in war as well as in peaceful times. It was justified as an act of benevolence; as saving dying knowledge. Some museums have started to try and acknowledge that their collections have uncomfortable histories tied to colonial violence. Nevertheless, Britain’s long-standing policy is not to cease ownership over its looted treasures. As then-Prime Minister David Cameron said of Greece’s…
Ruth Brooks, University of Huddersfield and Dennis Duty, University of Huddersfield One of the main reasons given by students for going to university is to get a good job afterwards, but with around 500,000 people graduating each year the job market is extremely competitive. A university course will help you develop some of the skills that employers are looking for, but you need more than a degree certificate to get a graduate-level job. Companies want to see other achievements as well as qualifications, and they also want to make sure you have the right employability skills to be able to…
Holy Humour Leave them in their ignorance. One day, 3 men died and went to heaven. “Religion?” God’s secretary asked the first man. “Jewish,” the man replied. “Okay, go to room 23, but be very quiet when you go past room 8,” the secretary said. “Religion?” he asked the second man. “Muslim.” “Go to room 10, but be very quiet when you go past room 8.” “Religion?” he asked the third man. “Agnostic.” “Go to room 71, but be very quiet when you go past room 8.” “Why must I be quiet when I go past room 8?” the man…