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Domestic Violence In Nigeria : A Norm Rather Than A Crime
Domestic Violence in Nigeria According to Wikipedia, domestic violence ( also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or abuse in a domestic setting such as in marriage or cohabitation. Domestic violence has always existed in Nigeria and it ranges from physical to emotional to psychological to sexual violence. It is perceived as “normal” …
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At 29, Marriage Is Made My Only Identity
“Beta, my heart is aching. I am getting old. I can’t bear all this pain for long. What will happen to you after I am gone?”, says my mother over the phone. “Just marry and I will be okay,” she adds. Before I could even use an excuse to hang up, my father goes on to…
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Girls’ Education: Challenges and Recommendations
Education is one of the most important stages of every child’s life, allowing the opportunity for children to grow socially as well as academically. Not only is education important for the economic development of a country, it also has a huge impact on the economic empowerment of an individual. However, most importantly, education is one of…
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Practical and Moral Side of Women’s Digital Rights to Privacy
A study published by the Data & Society Research Institute (New York, United States) in 2016 found that 1 in 25 Americans are either threatened with or victims of nonconsensual image sharing, or “revenge porn,” and that women under 30, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community are much more likely than men to…
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Misogynistic Hate Speech Towards Women Online: A Short Summary
With the ever-increasing population online on social media apps such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, women have become victims of online harassment. Women often experience speech that may incite hatred, violence, harm and all of which are often highly gendered and highly sexualised. Though many social media platforms have policies in place to protect groups from…
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Cyber Crime Against Women During the COVID 19 Lockdown
There’s a warning for those going online for intimacy just because strict physical-distancing norms are in place to slow the coronavirus spread. Cyber crime against women and sextortion are on the rise worldwide. Cases of blackmailers laying honey traps and hacking private images and videos are on the rise. Cyber scammers have made fake profiles on…
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G20 2020: Let’s Not Forget the Detained Women’s Rights Activist Loujain Al Hathloul
“Loujain cannot survive in prison when she doesn’t know what tomorrow is made of. She doesn’t know when the next visit will be, she doesn’t if it’s going to be in a year’s time or if it’s going to be tomorrow. She said: “I will either die, or I’m at least allowed to hear my parents…
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Hegemonic Masculinity and Men’s Mental Health
Being a Man in a Patriarchal Society Remember Tyler Durden? You know, Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Yeah, that Brad Pitt. The alpha of all alpha males. A dangerously bold, edgy personality with a body that could rival Adonis. A leader, creator, and commander of the pack. He made his woman scream in bed, smoked cigarettes…
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The State of Abortion Rights in Poland in 2020
Abortion has always been and continues to be a sensitive and delicate topic. The necessity to terminate a pregnancy vastly vary, but it is always associated with a lot of complex and deep emotions for women. In many cases, the restrictive laws and decisions made by the Governmental authorities related to a woman’s right to safe…
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Is He not a Rapist? Confusions of the Raped Body
In an article in Harpers Bazaar controversially called ‘Sometimes you make your rapist breakfast’, Korbel attempts to re-story her experience, as she likes to call it a “form of reverse logic” “No woman would make her rapist breakfast. If she makes him breakfast, he’s not a rapist. If he’s not a rapist, she’s not a victim.…
