It is another edition of the International Day of the girl and this year’s theme is step outside the gender box: Learning free from stereotypes. Today, we’re focusing on a core aspect of our future that has been affecting our growth and development for decades. That is how we learn. As a girl, you have been told don’t learn that it is for boys. Don’t apply for that course, your brain can’t handle it. In fact, you will explode. Because of these lies, many girls have shied away from exploring their areas of interest and pursuing their passions. Look around you. It is not new to hear girls being pushed…
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Message to Girls to mark International Day of the Girl Child 2021
Today is the #InternationalDayoftheGirl2021. This year’s Theme is Step Outside The Box: Learning Free From Stereotypes. A message for girls out there! Shirley Chisholm said, “Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.” Welcome to another edition of the International Day of the girl. This year’s theme is Step outside the gender box: Learning free from stereotypes. For far too long, we have been lied to. We have been told: You can’t learn this. You can’t understand this. We have been made to believe that certain bodies of knowledge are too difficult for us to learn because we are females. In Nigeria,…
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International Day of the Girl Child 10 Day Countdown 2021!
COUNTDOWN DAY ONE A Refusing to abandon your gender prejudices is a learning stereotype that needs a change. Learn the dictates of an equal world. Unlearn biases. Relearn equality. COUNTDOWN DAY ONE B I am a girlchild who seeks to thrive outside the box of limitations. I hunger for learning in a world of stereotypes. I desire achievements based on my strengths and weaknesses. Not from pity. Not through favour. COUNTDOWN DAY TWO A Cage a bird of air; it loses the rope of its freedom, and the inherent choice to fly; it loses the cutting edge of its bliss and lustre. Box a girlchild; she turns a slave in…
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International Day of the Girl Child 2021 – TikTok Competition!
Roseline in conjunction with Gertrude Olowo Empowerment Initiative Presents TikTok Competition to mark International Day of the Girl Child. Theme: Step Outside the Gender Box: Learning Free From Stereotypes. Join the challenge to Unlearn Gender in Schools! How to join: • Record or make a video with a duration between 1 to 3 minutes. • Highlight or react to a common statement, behavior, habit, or activity that discriminates against girls in schools and share an alternative or solution to it. • Submit your videos on Tiktok, Instagram, or via email. Submission Channels: Participants can choose to submit their videos through any of the mediums that is convenient for them. •…
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International Day of the Girl Child 2021 – 90 Percent Loading
Last year, we took a bold step forward in a bid to ensuring that young girls understand the potency of wielding their voice for a sustainable and gender-equal future. We made them realize that they should never stifle or smother their voices even when others tell them to cower in silence and hide their faces in shame. We made them realize that their words are powerful and needed for change and that when they speak, their words reverberate throughout the entire universe sending ripples across the galaxies. We urged them to speak up and use their voice. We urged them to let the sound of their vocal cords reverberate across…
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International Day of the Girl Child 2021 – 80 Percent Loading
Roseline in conjunction with Gertrude Olowo Empowerment Initiative presents International Day of the Girl Child 2021 For partnership and sponsorship, kindly send a Whatsapp message to Rose:+2348137034000 or Busola:+2348068712866 #IDG #IDG2021 #DayOfTheGirl #DayOfTheGirlChild #InternationalDayOfTheGirl #InternationalDayOfTheGirl2021
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It is my 3 Year Blog Anniversary!
It is my third blog anniversary, and I really feel my emotions cringing under an overwhelming weight of mixed feelings. One, I am exhilarated that I have stayed true to my vision despite the spate of challenges that have beset my quest over the years. The courage has not been totally unwavering, the resolve has not been purely untested, but staying the course, despite the many turbulent waves that have rocked the boat of my blog, has always kept me afloat, has always been the driving force behind my constant need to surge forward, to move ahead, to never look back, and to never back down. Two, there are times…
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Acne Awareness Month : Dealing with Acne : My Thoughts, My Experiences and My Battles
To begin with, Acne is an insensitive maniac that will not just affect the tone of your skin, but also encroach your confidence, demean your self-esteem and compound your emotional stress, sometimes exacerbate your psychological imbalance. You need to understand that I am not here to share tips with you on how to cure your skin of acne. I am yet to figure it out. And, as much as seeing those unwanted sprouts on your skin may be irritating and frustrating, you, like I am trying to do constantly, have to figure a way to accept that they are a part of you, and when they break out, you may…
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Happy Father’s Day 2021
I worked in Algeria for 18 months and I would say from my lens, I love how fatherhood is practiced. A male friend of mine who shares a similar perspective wrote an article on this. It is indeed a great read. In a modern society where literally everything is fast-paced and success is usually measured by how much wealth or material possession we have, it is easy to neglect our role and duty towards the family with the wrong impression that money can compensate for everything. Thereby turning us, especially fathers, into money chasing robots too exhausted to tolerate even the laughter of a child when we get back home.…
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World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021
World Menstrual Hygiene Day is a day set aside to promote good menstrual hygiene and health for women. It focuses on breaking the silence, educating people on what menstruation is, and asking politicians, key decision-makers and well-meaning organizations need to take action about menstrual hygiene. For centuries, there has been a lack of education and so many persisting taboos surrounding menstruation. People feel like menstruation is something shameful, something we should not talk about. I remember one time a girl wanted to talk about menstruation and an older woman shushed her loudly. “Don’t you talk about that in public,” she said. Another one said, “When men are around, they shouldn’t…
