The Adultification Of Black Girls
“he officer that came and … fingerprinted me — he was like: ‘Well, child, you know, don’t lie to us. And if you tell us the real — your real ...
The Disappearance 35 Million Girls
“My mother was a B-ultrasound doctor, she knew a lot about abortions, back then our country wasn’t strict about it so many people privately identified the fetus’ sex. My mum ...
Men Can’t Be Feminist
Disclaimer: this is my opinion, you can think differently. In 2015 Emma Watson said “If you stand for equality, then you’re a feminist”, I think differently. The Oxford English Dictionary ...
Gender Biased Search Engines
When you type ‘World’s best CEOs’ into the Google search algorithm, you will see names such as Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg, or Steve Jobs. But it takes a ...
Girls Can Do Maths!
It has been two decades since Sophie Germain, a mathematician had her candles confiscated by her parents for studying mathematics, as it was thought to be ‘unsuitable’ for women. And ...
The Second Pandemic Plaguing South Africa: Gender Based Violence
We need to stop speaking of violence against women as statistics. Each of those women has a name, an identity. Let us find a place to write every single one ...
Feminism & Islam are Allies
The term “Islamic feminism” became prominent by the late 1990s, although women rights were always a part of Islam. The main idea of Islamic feminism is equality of both genders ...
Covid 19 and Female Drop Out Rates
“Unless every child can reach his full potential, humanity never will” – Penny Mordaunt This sentence can not be any truer. Education is a human’s most powerful and essential woman, ...
Working as a Woman in Japan
In August of 2018, a huge scandal broke out in Japan involving Tokyo Medical University, a well-respected medical school in Japan. It started in 2010 when the exam results showed ...
The F Word
According to Merriam Webster, Feminism is ‘the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes’. With that being said, the term ‘feminism’ is one often scoffed at ...