by fisayo | Apr 14, 2023 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues, social policy, Work and labor
In secondary school (high school), I wondered why my female classmates often went to the sick bay complaining of menstrual cramps. I thought that it was all about wanting to miss classes and spending time at the sick bay. When I began experiencing pain pangs during my...
by fisayo | Dec 28, 2022 | Education, Social Issues
It is interesting how the first-morning nudge, after opening one’s eyes to the world is to reach for the mobile phone. That morning, I woke up without saying a word of prayer nor did I get up to brush my teeth but to catch up on social media feeds. I found...
by fisayo | Jan 31, 2022 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues
Photo Copied from The News Times Two weeks ago, I went on a vacation to visit some close friends who are married. I enjoyed every bit of my stay which as well did not go without me learning something about naming and the reason women do not use their husbands’...
by fisayo | Jan 3, 2022 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues, social policy, Work and labor
Image by Lucy Guiterrez (Copied from NYtimes) Women’s labor market participation in Africa and the West can be traced back to the impact of the second world war, feminism, and women’s emancipation movements. As a result of women’s labor market...
by fisayo | Nov 18, 2021 | Gender Discourse, Social Issues, Uncategorized
I saw the words below in a JPEG format as a post on the Instagram handle of Mother Honestly (@motherhonestly). It’s time to unlearn thedefinition of motherhoodyou saw growing up. Theone where a motherconstantly breaks herback, without support. I loved it. I made...
by fisayo | Oct 19, 2021 | Poems, Social Issues
I thought I would easily forget Alas, here I am wondering if the protest happened The polices in their cloaks Shooting Tear-gassing Burning cars Killing Maiming The soldiers in their cloaks Shooting “blanks” At harmless young Nigerians From Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan,...
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