This year’s theme for International Women’s Day calls us to confront bias, raise awareness about inequality, and take action to make the world a more equitable place. This initiative advocates for a world free of stereotypes and discrimination. Before we can #BreaktheBias it is important to know what gender bias is and other forms of…
With the alarming increase in the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, the abduction of school children and the incessant violent conflicts, “What is the future of Education in Nigeria?” has become a pertinent question. During one of our outreaches to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, we met a group of young girls who were…
Did you know that today, January 24th, 2022, is only the fourth International Day of Education in the entire history of the United Nations as we know it? Well in their defense, whole countries and peoples should have thought of the need sooner. I guess you can say we’re all guilty, lol. Did you also…
Forced to drop out of school and get married before her 18th birthday, Khadijah is a 12-year-old adolescent from the Northern part of Nigeria. Her greatest anxiety is that she is destined to be a child bride, in a society where her rights are denied and her voice is not heard. Growing up in the…
There’s a very popular picture (I think it was on Twitter, Instagram or some other platform as well) and the words go as thus, Interviewer: What’s your advice to the coming generation? Us: DON’T COME! Now, how many of us ‘adults’ can relate to that? How often have we thought to ourselves, “what I wouldn’t…