By Lillian Okenwa
The call
for Nigerian women to get more involved in science and technology was
re-emphasised recently in Abuja when Girls
Auto Squad (GAS), a Girl-Centred Mechanical
Engineering Advocacy Project and Nigerian Institution of Mechanical
Engineers (NIMechE) inducted 30 young ladies as
automobile mechanics.
Women in Nigeria and other parts of Africa have
been most disadvantaged in educational and…
…as many wonder how Delta State govt. spends its allocations
By Lillian Okenwa
Indeed the cane don tire and what a delight some way to retire it. Hers is one of those few stories that have happy endings. But, beyond the goodwill, scholarships, promises, cash donations, invitation to the Presidential villa as well as…
It all started with the video of eight years old Success prefering to be caned to missing school. She was sent home for her parent’s inability to pay a N900 examination fee.
A public outcry followed.
However, the viral video on Success, her clear innocence and desire for education above the temporary pain from the…
It has been considered a myth to assume
that because twins are identical they will be the same weight and length at
birth. They’re also said not to have
identical fingerprints and that they get sick differently. Well, the Sani
sisters, Ameena and Hadiza have defied all that and more!!! They are alike in everything including
fingerprints!
By Harrison…
Approximately five times more women than men are victims of sexual assault and young adults are at especially high risk. The impact on young people’s psychological and physical health can be devastating, especially given that this developmental period is when young people should be developing and refining intimacy skills in close relationships.
What is striking about sexual assault…
By Jessica Eaton
Someone said to me last month: “Most men in university who rape young women do it because they don’t understand consent and misunderstand when women say ‘no’.” Yah. Sorry but I call major BS on that. Sexual violence is not a lack of education. It is not a low awareness.…
By Heather Murphy
In 1976, a Ph.D. candidate at Claremont Graduate University placed a rather unusual personal ad in newspapers throughout Los Angeles:
He sat by
his phone, sceptical that it would ring. “I didn’t think that anyone would want
to respond,” said Samuel D. Smithyman, now 72 and a clinical psychologist in
South Carolina.
But the
phone did ring.…
Surely,
being very educated has little to do with being a rapist. Not
even being a graduate of Business and Economics including a masters’ degree in
Mathematics in the case of international music star, Antoine Christophe Agbepa
Mumba a.k.a. Koffi Olomide could deter him from the lure forced and abusive
sexual intercourse with a woman; more so a minor. Last…
The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, (PTCIJ), Wole
Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) and the International
Federal of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) have joined other groups in the country to
mark the International Women’s Day, (IWD) 2019.
The event which is marked every March 8 is intended to advance the cause
of women all over the world.
This…