Category: DW Originals
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By being a “witch”, Rwanda’s Zura Karuhimbi saved over 100 Tutsi Lives
Zura Karuhimbi was a Rwandan woman who intervened in the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda to prevent the deaths of more than 100 people by posing as a witch.
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Theodosia Salome Okoh, the hockey player and designer of Ghana’s flag
Theodosia Okoh was also the first female chairman of the Ghana Hockey Association and later President of the Ghana Hockey Federation for more than 20 years.
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Inside Northern Nigeria’s Cultural Practices That Discriminates Against Girls Part 3
The Nigerian 1999 constitution (as amended) recognizes the equality of rights, obligations, and opportunities before the law, also prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
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Inside Northern Nigeria’s Cultural Practices That Discriminates Against Girls Part 2
1 in 5 women and girls under the age of 50 will have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner within the last 12 months.
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bell hooks; public intellectual, feminist theorist, and cultural critic
bell hooks began using feminism in the analysis of pop culture, and convinced many of her readers that feminism is for everybody.
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Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist, writer, teacher and doctor
Nawal had been resisting her whole life: Resisting an early marriage, resisting being objected to the male-dominated society she lived in, with sons valued far more highly than daughters.
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Ama Ata Aidoo, A Playwright Legend
We spoke with Angel Nduka Nwosu, our in-house culture writer and journalist, about her thoughts on Ama Ata Aidoo’s influence through her writing and advocacy for education in Ghana.
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A Veil, A Shroud, A Hijab
It is not about the hijab itself but the concept of not allowing women the freedom to do whatever they choose to do with their bodies.
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Diana Ross, Hollywood’s Supreme
While the Supremes remain the second best-selling girl group ever, behind only the Spice Girls, Diana Ross has sold over 100 million records as a solo artist which makes her one of the best-selling of all time.
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Self-made Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey
Oprah’s career in media would not have surprised her grandmother, who once said that ever since Oprah could talk, she was on stage.