It took decades to achieve progress for women – why has it stalled?

This International Women’s Day we promise to carry on the transformative work of our predecessors in the Labour party ‘Labour women who stood up and changed our country for the better’: Barbara Castle, Edith Summerskill and Alice Bacon in 1954.…

Women seek end to discrimination, demand gender equality in leadership, employment

• One million women march against rejected gender bills • N25 trillion lost to gender inequality every year • Turn the clock forward on women’s rights, says UN • Odumakin seeks enactment of a legal framework to protect women • Gender…

The Story Of The Fearless Women Warriors Of Dahomey

No tale about the Kingdom of Dahomey is complete without mentioning the women that contributed to its military might. From the 18th century to late 19th century, there existed a formidable army of all-female warriors in Dahomey in the present-day…

FIRSTBANK: EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH FINANCIAL INCLUSION

First Bank of Nigeria Limited is taking steps to ensure that women and women-led businesses are empowered. The bank has, through its FirstGem; FirstMonie and First Women Network empowered and brought several unbanked women into the financial system. This it…

Top Fashion Brands For Women CEOs In The World

Being a woman CEO is not an easy job because in a male-dominated profession, one needs to be elegantly dominant and bring about great feels of team-work. Finding a work-life balance along with showing a flawless appearance becomes quite necessary…

Discover The Brazilian Town Inhabited By Only Women

This is not the tale of the Amazons that live in myth and fiction; a tribe of fierce female warriors in Greek mythology and DC Comics. This is an account of Noiva do Cordeiro, a town in present-day Brazil occupied by…

How Muslim women break stereotypes by mixing faith and modesty with fashion

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s decision to wear a headscarf following the Christchurch mosque attacks in March has earned her worldwide praise. But in an online backlash, critics pointed out that women in conservative Muslim countries have no choice and risk public…

Khloe Kardashian’s ex-husband, Lamar Odom says he’s slept with over 2000 women

Lamar Odom, the former husband of reality TV star, Khloe Kardashian, has revealed that he had has sexual intercourse with over 2000 women in his lifetime. Odom, 39, a professional basketball player made this revelation in his new book, Darkness…

Why men die before women – WHO

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report says men are more likely to die earlier than women. The “2019 World Health Statistics” published on the WHO website on Thursday, said that where men and women faced the same disease, women often…

Women in the World: Priyanka Chopra to speak at female-empowerment summit

The actress will discuss her work as an activist and entrepreneur on stage next month The Quantico star has been added to the list of speakers at the summit, according to Variety, which will be held in New York City between April 10…