By Mikayla Goode The sound of an alarm rings as the sun is dressing the sky to signify another day of classes. As you prep and get ready to start the day, a feeling of dread washes over you. “Why must classes be so early?” “I’m tired of school.” These thoughts can run through any … Read more
The feature film, Difret, produced by Angelina Jolie, portrays the real-world court case defending the Ethiopian girl Hirut from a murder charge when she killed the rapist who abducted her. The film brings to light the ongoing issue of child marriage in many parts of the world. This custom of abduction of young girls disrupts … Read more
You have watched the video on Masai women and evaluated the relevance of Hartmann’s theory of patriarchy for Masai culture. You have also listed to the power point on FGM. Now I would like to hear your thoughts about whether this practice should be stopped among the Masai–if not, why not; if so, why and … Read more
Now that you have seen the ethnographic film, Masai Women, I would like to hear your opinions on it. What are its strengths and weaknesses in terms of both depicting and explaining women’s status among the Masai? What did you like best about it and what did you like least? If you were the film-maker, … Read more
While it is evident that women have become apart of the business elite, woman are still viewed as lesser than to their male coworkers. In Africa, much like other countries, women are branded as food and cosmetic workers, with few in notable positions of power. A woman’s role is still stigmatized as being the caretaker, … Read more
In 2013 it was reported that Israel’s African female refugee population was given no option but to take the depo shot as a form of birth control. The idea was to forcibly keep the population in control. The article in from 2018 brings up the murmurings that from the U.S. recent involvement with Israel the … Read more
Abigail Detwiller Puberty is a crucial step as girls prepare for the decisions and responsibilities of sexuality and reproduction. Faridah Nalubega, a 26 year-old woman intended to have just two or three children, the most she felt she could afford by selling fried fish in Kampala, Uganda, according to PAI, a U.S.-based family-planning advocacy group. … Read more
Leangei Gomez Nuñez The PM News (Nigerian News) reported that a man named M.Y. murdered his wife on the 17th of November 2011 for refusing to have sex with him. He was sent to the prison by the Ilorian Magistrate Court [PM News, 2012] One in every four women in Nigeria experience domestic violence … Read more
By Giuliana Davis Let’s examine the average 12-year-old girl. Having just starting understanding how men will a play a role in her life, she spends her time day dreaming over the boy she met in school. She enjoys playing with her friends, and experimenting with makeup. She shouldn’t have a care in the world, … Read more
Rwanda is one of the countries that has lived one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last decades that between April and July 1994 left more than 800,000 dead when ethnic Hutu militias and government forces attacked Tutsi Rwandans. In the article that I selected this week for my final paper, its authors -Claire Devlin … Read more