Gender & Feminism

Modern Slavery, Child Exploitation or Both? Child Marriage in Nigeria

Olayinka AdeniyiJune 7, 2021

Despite child marriage being recognized and prohibited by both international and domestic laws within Nigeria. Child marriage is still prevalent, especially in the North and argued as an Islamic religious practice. Read more.

June/July 2021

Under the Radar Descent-based Slavery as a Form of Contemporary Slavery

Marie Rodet, Bakary Camara, Marie-Christine Deleigne and Lotte PelckmansJune 7, 2021

Examining the links between descent-based slavery and contemporary slavery in West Africa helps us to find the missing link to understanding the conditions under which slavery and slavery-like practices keep persisting despite abolitions and international anti-slavery legislation. Read more.

June/July 2021

‘Lady’ A Feminine Critique of Fela

Merlin UwalakaJune 7, 2021

Fela’s attempt to invalidate or mock Lady, an African woman transcending the rigid gender norm is anti-feminine, anti-feminist and anti-Nigerian. Women in many pre-colonial societies in what is now known as Nigeria were empowered in ways that Fela’s Lady made fun of. Read more.

June/July 2021

Wartime Forced Marriage and Sexual Slavery in Africa Cases from Uganda and Sierra Leone

Allen KiconcoJune 2, 2021

Years after civil wars have ended in northern Uganda and Sierra Leone, women abducted by rebel groups continue to experience exclusion. Their experiences reveal that reintegration is not linear but lifelong and potentially intergenerational. Read more.

June/July 2021

Invisible People Situating IDPs in Nigeria’s Policies and Economy

Princess Anene-MaidohMay 12, 2021

Nigeria needs durable solutions that address the many challenges its displaced populations face. With 2.6 million IDPs, addressing displacement in Nigeria is both a moral and economic obligation. Read more.

April/May 2021

Feminism is for the People The History in How Women Shaped the #EndSARS Protests

Tritima AchigbuFebruary 1, 2021

There has never been any doubt as to whether women make effective leaders, but with #EndSARS the fact has finally taken root in the minds of every Nigerian. Read more.

February/March 2021Special Focus: #EndSARS

The Long Walk to Equality Historical Influences on Women in Igbo Society

Chinenye AnikwenzeJanuary 20, 2021

Many Nigerians grow up without a true appreciation of the roles women played in traditional Igbo society. Was British colonialism responsible for women's roles changing and did it cause the Aba Women's War of 1929? Read more.

December 20/January 21

The Measure of Our Lives Gender and the English Language

Grey AtandaNovember 25, 2020

Gender is a complex system that has more to do with society, culture and time periods than it has to do with biology. Read more.

October/November 2020

Nigeria’s World of Male Terror The Logic of Sexual Violence

Joshua Segun-LeanAugust 10, 2020

Violence against women carries with it the warning that it can happen again; that it is inevitable; that the power to harm still resides where it originated, with the oppressor class—men. Read more.

August/September 2020