Are Millennials Redefining Gender Roles?
Videos have broken the internet for the past few months on women proposing to men for their hand in marriage after years of waiting without the man proposing Whether they are...
Has Empowerment Become Gendered – The Role Of Men?
The word empowerment is usually associated with women Men have vital information to share on women’s empowerment and play a vital role in women’s sense of...
Op-Ed: Women, Peace and Security – Redefining the Agenda for Conflict Prevention
Women, young girls and children account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by conflict Gender-Based Violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse,...
Africa needs The Gambia’s leadership on human rights
By filing a case against Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya, Gambia has shown Africa's potential to promote human rights On November 11, The Gambia filed...
Society has neglected the boy child
Historically, women have been marginalised in all spheres of society be in socially, economically or politically Culture plays a central role in this process You will find...
Why I nominated Abiy Ahmed for the Nobel Peace Prize
The prize not only acknowledges the Ethiopian prime minister's commitment to peace, but encourages him to do more The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the...
Is Gender Equality a Numbers Game?
When I was younger, my mother would not allow my siblings and me to sit at the dining table before my father arrived home for dinner And, in his presence, only my brother could...
Why the world needs an African ecofeminist future
Orthodox economic models have failed us all, but women across Africa are resisting them and coming up with visionary alternatives We need an “African ecofeminist future”...
One in 200 people is a slave. Why?
Slavery affects more than 40 million people worldwide – more than at any other time in history by Kate Hodal How many slaves are there today, and who are they The...
Towards a Positive Masculinity
Something has to fill the void that toxic attitudes leave behind Watch the news on any given day and you’ll eventually hear a story about a woman being brutalised Or killed...
