Category: DW Originals
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Hajiya Gambo Sawaba; the Most Imprisoned Politician in Nigeria
She also advocated for equal access to jobs, education, and voting rights for women. Her story inspires many other women and me from Northern Nigeria. Her determination and ability to dare to dream.
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American Activist Rosa Parks
She has received recognition from the US Congress as “the mother of the freedom movement” and “the first lady of civil rights.”
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All these women want for 2023 is peace
For Christian women living in Northern Nigeria, a peaceful Arewa for Christian women tops the list; where they do not have to tiptoe around for their well-being.
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All these women want for 2023 is peace
For Christian women living in Northern Nigeria, a peaceful Arewa for Christian women tops the list; where they do not have to tiptoe around for their well-being.
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In fusing two cultures, El Padrino’s Uzoamaka Umeh created the first-ever Naija-Mexican fusion restaurant
Uzoamaka Umeh started the first-ever Naija-Mexican fusion restaurant, El-Padrino, famous for its Taco Tuesdays. She talks to Document Women about working as a restauranteur, her favourite foods to make, and the future of El Padrino.
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The Bronze Blonde Bombshell, Joyce Bryant
She was also known as “The Bronze Blond Bombshell,” “The Black Marilyn Monroe,” “The Belter,” and “The Voice You’ll Always Remember.”
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Toni Morrison, First African-American Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
A citation praised Toni Morrison as an author “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.”
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Meet Winifred Okafor, the Founder of Bonita’s Treats, Whose Spontaneous Experiments Became the Start of Something Different
Ms Okafor tells Document Women about her transition to founding a first-of-its-kind organic plant-based snacks company in Nigeria, the storms she’s waded to arrive at this point, and the next step in her journey.
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What It Means to Tackle Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria’s Volatile North
Recently, the United Nations declared Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) as a ‘shadow pandemic’ while calling for urgent, comprehensive, and effective actions by duty bearers to curb the menace.
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UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed
Amina Mohammed played a significant role in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process in 2012 when she was appointed as Ban Ki- Moon’s special adviser on Post-2015 development planning.