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Influencing Laws To Stand for Humanity Byline: Written by activists from Whisper To Humanity – a youth-led feminist organization  Intro: Ensuring the right Laws in a Patriarchal society, is beyond words a fight for freedom In 2015, the Nigerian national assembly passed the Violence Against Person's Prohibition Bill to protect the lives of her citizens from violence in both public and private places.  The Violence Against Person's Prohibition Bill that is popular in Nigeria as the VAPP Bill, have since then struggled to be recognized, accepted and enacted in individual states across the nation.  It has become a huge task for Civil Society Organizations, Activists, and concerned citizens to draw the attention of lawmakers in various states to the VAPP Bill. This task failed in many situations and states as traditions, religions, and cultural values seemed to outshine the need to champion the law.  Many have failed to understand the need for the bill to be passed into l...

Photo by Asiri Magazine. Princess Amina of Zazzau (now Zaria), a fierce warrior, was trained and schooled by her grandmother, Marka, the favourite wife of her grandfather, Sarkin Nohir.  Amina never got married and she took men for herself in every state, but none of them ever lived to tell the tale of their sexual exploits.  She killed them after having her way with them. At the peak of her power, Amina went to war for Zaria and forced emirates like Kastina and Kano to pay tributes to her state. Although Amina's success as a ruler did not have a trickle down effect on her female successors, Amina enjoyed a lasting reputation, bordering on legend, as a woman warrior. Sultan Bello of Sokoto wrote: Strange things have happened in the history of the seven Hausa States, and most strange of these is the extent of the possessions which God gave to Aminatu, daughter of the ruler of Zazzau. She waged war in the Hausa lands and took them all so that the men of Katsina and the men of Ka...

For as long as there has been patriarchy, there has always been women who challenged the status quo and fought for their rights to exist independent of men. These amazing women were never spoken about in social studies growing up or even in history. All that was put out of women were how they supported their husbands and how well they raised children. But we as women exist for ourselves. Women have accomplished a lot and it’s high time our children are taught of the amazing things women did in history instead of unrepentantly wiping our amazing work from history or attributing these wonderful deeds to men. In the coming weeks, we would be looking at three women from history who were feminists and challenged every status quo relating to politics, economics, art, culture, tradition and even the definitions of their sexuality. Firstly, taking a look at this amazing woman, Iyoba Idia . Iyoba Idia popularly known as “Idia ne Iye Esigie” was renowned warrior-queen, skilled administrator and...

On the 7th, August 2020, the topic; Intersectional Feminism was properly discussed and giving an insight into by the facilitator of the discussion; Oluchi June.   FACILITATOR: -What is feminism? -Identities -Privileges -Sexism -Intersectionality So firstly, we need two people to give us their definition of feminism What they see feminism as? OB: Womanly qualities FACILITATOR: Would anyone else love to share their definition of feminism? M O: An activism that demands and restores the Unconditional equality of all sexes..... My definition today 😉 FACILITATOR: Personally, I see feminism as a lifestyle of advocating for women’s rights and asking for equal rights for no matter a person’s gender. Thank you O and M for helping us out with the definitions JO: I feel feminism is a movement that presents a world of possibilities for women. FACILITATOR: A beautiful explanation J. Welcome Indeed, feminism is a movement that presents a world of possibilities for women. Thanks O for sharin...

On the 24th, July, the topic of sexual harassment, it's types and forms was discussed by the WHISPERS COMMUNITY and Facilitated by Oluchi June. Facilitator: So what do you understand consent as? What’s sexual harassment? Also, what are forms of sexual harassment? Anyone can please enlighten us 🥺 MM: Consent is permission to an action given by the recipient of the action Facilitator: Beautiful So I’ll just give the definitions that we gave O said Consent: as regards sexual matters, consent is saying YES in very clear terms J said Consent means giving the go ahead, consent is a conscious yes in a situation sexual or not O said Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual advances and actions B said Sexual harassment is unwelcome behaviour of a sexual nature Which were all very valid definitions Thank you Then to give forms of sexual harassment We got a few forms O gave some forms of sexual harassment as  Cat calling  Slut shaming Sexual compliments Touching Sending nudes you weren't as...

On the 10th July, Whispers Feminists had a discussion on the topic: MARRIAGE, THE SEXIST INSTITUTION. The topic was taken by a guest speaker, Mo Adenuga FACILITATOR: Mo Adenuga Facilitator: So , today we're talking about sexism in marriage. Does anyone have the idea of what sexism in marriage is? M: The idea that it’s “your husband’s house” and not a house that you share Facilitator: Beautiful. Extremely correct M The idea that you're going to live under your husband who is the head of the family, you're also going to take his name. Any other ideas? M: when he beats you, you should understand that he still loves you O: The fact that in the process of marraige, a woman is sold by her father to the man. The fact that when a couple can’t give birth, it is automatically the woman that is barren. It is unheard of that a man be barren. Facilitator: Thanks M❤️ O: It is not possible that it can be your house even though you b...