Amanda Gouws, Stellenbosch University Nearly one and a half years ago when Alyssa Milano asked women to click MeToo on their social media platforms, the #MeToo movement was born. Since then millions of women have indicated through social media that they too have been victims of sexual harassment or assault. The power of this movement has been its ability to show the world how pervasive sexual harassment is. And it’s had an effect on perpetrators. In the film industry producers and actors such as Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Bill Cosby all lost their jobs. But is Africa part of…
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Liz Bucar, Northeastern University Major art museums have realized there is much to learn from clothing that is both religiously coded and fashion forward. Earlier this year the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a fashion exhibition inspired by the Catholic faith titled “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and Catholic Imagination.” With more than 1.6 million visitors, it was the most popular exhibit in the Met’s history. And now the de Young Museum of San Francisco has the first major exhibit devoted to the Islamic fashion scene. “Contemporary Muslim Fashions” displays 80 swoon-worthy ensembles – glamorous gowns, edgy streetwear, conceptual couture – loosely…
Laura Alfers, Rhodes University On March 8 each year trade unions and women’s rights organisations mark International Women’s Day by calling for policies and legislation that better support working women. Such calls relate to wage equality, maternity leave and early child care programmes. But these demands tend to overlook the needs of some of the most vulnerable: the millions of poor working women in cities in developing countries who are forced to take their kids with them to work or miss out on better paid opportunities because they’re caring for young children. Some women take up work out of their…
Anna Einarsdóttir, University of Hull Every year I hope that someone like you or I will be celebrated on International Women’s Day. But it never happens. Instead we are inundated with inspirational stories about successful businesswomen – and for that read white and seemingly heterosexual – or world leaders – and for that, read black, possibly activist and probably heterosexual. While I think it is important to celebrate major achievements for women at home and around the world, these successes and the women who stand behind them seem a million miles away from most of us and our own realities.…
Today being International Women’s day, Pride Magazine Nigeria caught up with Chika Unigwe for a quick chat. Chika Unigwe (CU) was born in Enugu, Enugu State. She has degrees from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, The KU Leuven (Belgium) and a PhD from the University of Leiden, Holland. She has published widely and won awards for her writing. She currently lives in Atlanta, Ga. where she is a Visiting Professor of creative writing at Emory University. In this Quick Chat with Pride magazine Nigeria (PNG), she answers seven questions from us. PNG: Assistant professor of creative writing can you tell us…
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and in honour of this special day, I’ll share the 5 nuggets of wisdom that shaped me into the woman I am today curtsey of the special women I’ve been blessed to meet. Don’t Show Your Weakness This advice may be perceived as polarizing, however, when you are surrounded by people with preying-intentions, it is best to avoid showing weakness. Besides mothers know best, right? You’re only as strong as you allow yourself to be This advice was from a much older female friend who I had complained to years ago of my inability to…
Thrive Women Solutions (TWS) is delighted to announce its collaboration with all organizers of International Women’s Day (IWD) events worldwide to celebrate all Women by organizing the 2019 Thrive International Women’s Day Seminar taking place on the 8th of March 2019. This year’s IWD Theme is #BalanceforBetter and we at Thrive Women Solutions are putting together this seminar to celebrate, empower and inspire women to a better their financial, physical and emotional lives. And, guess what? It’s absolutely free! But registration is Compulsory. Thrive IWD seminar will take place at The Civic Centre, Victoria Island Lagos, from 10:00 am –…
Rachel Wood, Sheffield Hallam University The launch of a sex toy collection to tie-in with the Comedy Central series Broad City calls to mind another connection between sex toys and women on television. In a 1998 episode of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw and her friends visited a sex shop to buy “Rabbit” vibrators. Several of the women that I interviewed for my research on women and sex shopping mentioned that episode as a watershed moment in the normalisation of sex shopping for women. Sex shops aimed at women customers are now an established part of consumer culture, from…
Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College One of the main reasons newly-elected Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari had been widely expected to lose his bid for a second term was the poor state of the country’s economy. Under his presidency, Nigeria’s unemployment rate more than doubled, from 10.4% in January 2016 to 23.1% in July 2018 In his first four years, Buhari also failed to address poverty. Under his watch, Nigeria overtook India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty. About 87 million Nigerians, or half the population, live on less than US$1.90 per day. And economic…
With our Digital Speaks edition scheduled to come out this month, our team has been on the lookout for leading Digital Amazons. Amazons such as Tolulope Olorundero, a seasoned professional trainer, digital entrepreneur and LinkedIn/career coach. Safe to say Tolupe is top of mind when it comes to LinkedIn Optimisation as well as digital strategy and has published books on those subjects. Tolulope is an entrepreneurial communications professional, with exceptional skills in strategic business collaborations and public relations. She is the founder and team lead at Mosron Communications, a boutique public relations agency in Lagos, Nigeria. Having worked across several…