Tagged as: gender equality

Gender Equality and Empowerment: A Paradigm Shift Towards a More Inclusive Society

Introduction Gender equality and empowerment are important topics in today’s society. The fight for gender equality ensures that men and women have equal rights, opportunities, and resources, regardless of gender. Empowerment focuses on enabling individuals to control their lives, make decisions, and achieve their full potential. This article will explore

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Feminism: breaking stigma and bias

Why do Black Men need Feminism: Breaking Boundaries and Stigmas

Introduction Growing up, a boy was taught how to hunt and kill because a man must provide for his family. One day, while walking in a grim, depressing forest looking for his grandfather’s lost cow, he remembers that: “Indoda indoda ngezinkomo zayo”, meaning that a man is a man with

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Are Women’s Rights Different?

WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS? Human rights apply to everyone. If they did not apply to particular groups, whether because of race or religion or gender, they would not be ‘human’. To unfairly give one group in society more rights than another gives that group more power- more access to food

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Household Chores are Just as Important as Paid Work

Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for helping to end Liberia’s civil war. However, when she was invited to speak at a Gates Foundation event in 2017, she didn’t talk about that. Instead, she talked about a meeting she had once had with a group

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Ethiopia’s march to gender parity

Under recently elected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia has reached several significant milestones in gender equality in politics. Half of Mr Abiy’s 20-person cabinet are women. In October Ethiopia’s parliament unanimously voted for Sahle-Work Zewede to replace Mulatu Teshome as President. Finally, Meaza Ashenafi was appointed as Ethiopia’s first female

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