Category: Life
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Famous Songwriter, Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, Dies at 79
The British performer and composer is known for such chart-toppers as Little Lies, Everywhere, Don’t Stop, Say You Love Me, and Songbird.
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Sis, the Matriarchy is not that different.
A matriarchy is a system where older women typically hold positions of power and authority in social settings. This is seen as the opposite of patriarchy, a system in which men have positions of power and control.
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Violence Against Women is a Public Health, Gender Equality And Human Rights Issue
In support of the initiative, the United Nations, in 2008, launched the campaign UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women, which runs parallel to the 16 Days of Activism.
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South African Singer-Songwriter Miriam Makeba
The South African government revoked her passport and outlawed her records in 1963. Hugh Masekela, a trumpeter and another Belafonte protege, and she were married in 1964.
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Enola Holmes 2 & The Match Girls Strike of 1888
The writers of the film have Enola solve an actual, real-life crime that took place in 19th century London and eventually led to the Match girls strike of 1888, the first industrial revolution by women for women.
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Aba Women Riots: Women At The Frontline of Social Change
On 18 November 1929, the Aba Women riot/rebellion began, the movement among Nigeria’s Aba women was notably the first major challenge to British authority in Nigeria and West Africa during the colonial period.
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Mo Abudu’s ‘Fifty’ Looks, Sounds, and Feels Feminist, But How Feminist is it?
Fifty is a unique film that possesses the duality of performative feminism and actual feminism within it.
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Do Women benefit from casual relationships?
Despite the change in traditional gender roles and how partnerships are now seen, women experience more negative emotions after the end of a causal connection than men do.
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Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive: On Sexual Trauma & True Healing
The cracks begin to form when the director of a true crime documentary persuades her to tell her own side of the story concerning an infamous, extremely school shooting that took place years ago at her prestigious preppy high school.
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Document Women Premieres Short Film at Sokoto Book and Arts Festival
This series follows the lives of four women in Nigeria’s northern “Arewa” community who excel in the non-traditional male-dominated sports industry.