A few months ago, a feminist writer and friend wrote an article explaining the crisis Africa is currently facing. A crisis that is robbing our adolescent girls of a bright future – teenage pregnancy. This, in addition to numerous reports we hear every day across the continent indicate that indeed this is a crisis. The…
The World Cup, an international men’s football tournament which occurs every four years, has just ended. Whether you are an ardent football fan like me or a patriot whose national team made it to the World Cup, this was an exciting, adrenaline-filled month. But as a feminist this was the time for a lot of…
We live in a world of inequalities and discrimination, that stem from a patriarchal system where men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it, where men’s needs are placed ahead of women’s needs, where men determine rules of engagement and women simply abide. We live in a world that is harsh to…
If you have ever engaged in feminist discourse you probably heard of the term “rape culture”. It was first used by feminists in the 1970s to describe an environment and a culture where rape and sexual violence are excused and normalized. It is unfortunate that in 2018 we are still talking about ending the rape…
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