Current Affairs
Appreciating The #HeForShe
We always celebrate women for all they do, and empower them to do much better, but rarely do we remember to appreciate the men who are always at the forefront of the gender equality movement. […]
gender equality
Current Affairs
How Effective Is The CSW in Advancing Women And Girls?
From the 11-22 of March 2019, the 63rd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) recently convened in New York, United States for its annual session that focuses on the promotion and empowerment of women […]
Thoughts & Reflections
Checking My Feminism: A Turbulent, But Beautiful Love Story
2017 was an interesting year, given events that happened as well as the conversations that spurred from those events. From dinner tables to online spaces, there were several social issues that erupted and women were […]
Empowerment
The Mistress. Evil?
I had the misfortune of reading a Facebook post by a not so bright man, who said that infidelity would stop if women stopped being their own enemies and said no to men. Many women liked and shared the post. It seems […]
Empowerment
Spreading Love And Flowers To My Sisters
It is 2:00 am and I am wide awake. I put on my unkempt hair in a messy bun, switch on the lamp, take my writing book, and start scribbling. I can hear the grandfather’s clock ticking […]
Culture
A letter to Baba Opembe
Dear Baba Opembe, I have wanted for so long to write to you a letter. To tell you how my new home is not home without you. But is home anything so physical? I think […]
Current Affairs
I Love You
I love you. I love you because you are me. I love you because there will never be another you and you are amazing as you are. I love you, each part of you. As […]
Culture
When Beauty Is A Curse
By Amanda Nasinyama From the 16th to the 18th of May, 2016 Uganda had the newly elected Members of Parliament take their oaths during a very colorful swearing in ceremony. One of the highlights of […]
Current Affairs
Boko Haram: Facts & Figures
Article by Christelle Mekoh April 14, 2014, an abduction took place at Government Secondary School, Chibok, in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Who were abducted? 300 girls. This headline took the world […]
Love & Sex
Adultery: Rebellion, Vengeance, Justice Or The Pursuit Of Happiness?
Article is by C.J Npowa This topic reminds me of my aunt; whose story made my heart ache, even at the tender age of 14. She was beautiful, young, coca cola bottle shaped, and had […]