Tag: Rape culture
See something, say something | Things we can do as individuals to stop workplace sexual harassment
If you are like a majority of people, the statement, “I am delighted upon reviewing this 12-page policy document to ...
Tackling workplace sexual harassment is far easier for organisations than some ad campaigns
Anna’s* career path has been dotted with job switches since she finished NYSC in 2018, for reasons completely unrelated to ...
#HerStory Series: “I am trapped in a loop of pain” – 34-year-old Samirah shares how she was forced to marry her rapist
Nigeria declared a state of emergency on sexual and gender-based violence last year following the rape and murder of 22-year-old ...
Adesuwa Omon’s short film ‘Grapes’ takes a look at rape culture and victim blaming
Tackling rape via the media can never be exhausting. Women – and men – are using the medium to address ...
Rape Culture: 7 years after Chibok abduction; we are yet to address the root cause of a menace
April 14, 2014, will remain significant in Nigeria’s shared history for a long time, perhaps forever. Two hundred and seventy ...
The menace of street harassment and reclaiming women’s bodies in public spaces | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
Street harassment can be defined as all forms of unwanted comments, contact and actions forced on strangers in public. It ...
‘At the intersection of feminism and femininity, I only find push back’ | The YNaija Rape Culture Special Series
Satan Drives a Sedan I don’t like White anymore. When I loved white, the last thing I owned of ...
Rape Culture endangers Muslim women too | The YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series
“Islam gave women rights thousands of years before the West! Islam protects and cherishes women!” These are some declarations ...
The YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series: A glossary of terms
The words below are the most frequent when talking about the issue of rape. Rape is a sensitive subject and ...
#JusticeForIzu: To truly eradicate rape culture, we need structural solutions, not individual justice
A few days ago, news broke that a young man named Izu Madubueze had committed suicide. According to reports from ...
#YNaijaNonBinary: Feminism from the margins
A few months ago, at a commemorative event for the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Conference, I introduced myself to ...
Here’s what rape culture looks like in one single tweet, and how men still perpetuate it
One thing about using social media: it can be an extension of our thoughts and beliefs from years of conditioning. ...
How Zule Zoo’s “Kerewa” became the rape song we never talked about
There was a blast from the past at the 2018 Headies, the nostalgic return of Zule Zoo and their pelvic-thrust ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Your favorite rape ‘prevention technique’ is problematic and here’s why
This was originally published on Medium by Miss Wura Abulatan. We think the message she conveys here is important in ...
The Thread: Kevin Hart did not cheat. He was raped
Last week, Kevin Hart came clean and apologised for cheating in order to escape the hammer in form of a ...
Olusegun Adeniyi: An epidemic of rape
by Olusegun Adeniyi There is hardly any member of my generation who did not watch the controversial rape revenge movie ...
The Thread: “Guy your preeq no dey work?” and everything else you say and do to promote the rape culture
Misogyny is so pervasive, it is quite the cultural phenomenon in these parts. It is the what fires the rape ...
Ijeoma Ogwuegbu Uduma: BBNaija and rape culture in Nigeria
by Ijeoma Ogwuegbu Uduma Watching the sexual assault drama play out on Big Brother Naija a few days ago was like ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Back To Basics: Let’s talk about consent
While we’ve always known Nigeria has a big, big problem with sex. We misunderstand it as a concept and misappropriate ...
The Thread: Why is consent is so hard to understand? | #BBNaija
Big brother Naija housemate TBoss was assaulted by Kemen yesterday and he was disqualified and given the boot. You should ...
The Thread: This is how we entrench rape culture in Nigeria
Nigerians have a long way to go when it comes to understanding issues that centre around the mistreatment of minorities- ...
Opinion: Nigeria’s faux modest culture
by Nana Aisha Salaudeen “You went visiting a man alone, what did you think would happen?” Those were the ...
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