Category: News & Current Affairs

Following a surgery in Port Harcourt, Rebekah Sekidika, a first-class graduate of Benson Idahosa University in Benin City, Edo State, passed away. Her family said that they had obtained police consent to bury her body.

Beyonce has become the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s country music chart, thus cementing her place in history.

A Cumbrian woman who ran 82 hours in the Alps was earlier nominated for a Woman of the Year award in her home country of Ireland.

Simidele Adeagbo is on the verge of making history as the first African to compete in bobsleigh at the BMW IBSF World Championship in Winterberg, Germany.

Around the World in 5 is an ongoing series that highlights news related to women in five countries, updated every week. This week’s post covers February 19 — February 24.

There are a lot of restrictions, such as the fact that girls cannot attend school beyond the sixth grade, that women cannot attend colleges, and that women cannot work in the non-governmental sector or for most government entities.

Greece has legalised same-sex marriage, making history as the first Christian Orthodox majority country to do so.

A United Nations study has indicated that 67% of Afghan women are worried that international recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) will make their rights situation worse.

Around the World in 5 is an ongoing series that highlights news related to women in five countries, updated every week. This week’s post covers February 10 – February 17.