Lego is launching a rainbow-themed LGBTQ+ set called 'Everyone Is Awesome' with no gender assigned to all but one of the figures. Pale blue, white, and pink represent the transgender community, while black and brown stand for the different skin colours across the LGBTQ+ community, according to The Guardian. The purple figure is the only…

Civil Society Organisations have been charged to demand accountability from the government for budget allocation at all levels to cater for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Sam Smith has spoken out amid reports that the Brit Awards will continue to use gendered categories at this year’s ceremony. It was previously thought that organisers would be scrapping their Best Male and Best Female categories from 2021 onwards, in a bid to make the show more inclusive. However, in a report by HuffPost,…

The Oxford English Dictionary has updated its definition of the word “woman” following complaints that it was “sexist”. In the latest edition of the dictionary, the publisher altered dozens of terms including "woman", "man", "housework" and "high-maintenance". The changes come after a petition was set up last year by campaigner Maria Beatrice Giovanardi to get…

Luxury fashion brand Gucci has unveiled a £1,700 (₦650,250) orange check dress which features a satin bow on the front for men a bid to fight the toxic masculine stereotypes. According to Gucci, the Tartan cotton long smock shirt, which is inspired by grunge looks from the ‘90s, reflects the idea of fluidity explored for…

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has received kudos from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for his fight against rape and other gender-based violence

The menace of gender inequality that we struggle with within the Nigerian society largely stems from a dysfunctional parenting model that reinforces heterodox gender roles. This parenting model is deleterious to the fight of gender equality and inclusion, and it embodies a vicious cycle that is passed from generation to generation. We have to hack…

The atmosphere this Friday morning looked arty. From the environment to the speakers, everybody had one thing or the other to do with the arts

It is still strange that twenty-five years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a progressive roadmap for gender equality, the 2020 International Women’s Day

- CDD Canvasses Removal Of Barriers Limiting Women In Politics County representative of the United Nations Women and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Nigeria, Comfort Lamptey has called on the media to collaborate with UN agency to positively promote its activities, educating Nigerians on progress and challenges of women, as the…

A new “Cinderella” remake is set to premiere in 2021 and will feature Billy Porter as Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother. He is perhaps the first man to hold the role in a mainstream adaptation of the tale, and he calls it  "a classic fairytale for a new generation." But, Porter says he will portray the Godmother as 'genderless'. "It hit…

Escalated tension between the United States (U.S.) and Iran has lately gone on a roller coaster drive, with reverberating effects in many parts of the world including Nigeria.