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  Muslim women’s rights in Northern Nigeria

  Wilson Center, 2014

  The complexity of the Nigerian Shari’a crisis reveals many contending perspectives, thoughts, and debates on governance and politics in contemporary Nigerian society, even among Northern Nigerian Muslims themselves.
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  Gender equity and empowerment in African public theology: the case of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

  IWTF Gender and Religion, 2015

  Delivered as part of the annual series of Hendrik Kraemer Lectures, this year organised around the theme 'Gender equity and empowerment in African public theology', this lecture by Philomena Njeri Mwaura is inspired by the work and writings of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (CCAWT), and what ordinary African women are doing as agents of transformation in their churches and co
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  An Islamic perspective on gender issues and women's rights in Nigeria

  Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2016

  The modern world is a competitive and demanding place, regardless of gender. Yet for women, especially Nigerian women, long-running agitation for gender equality has thus far failed to lift women from a role likened in this paper to societal enslavement.
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  Exploring the relevance of feminist leadership in theological education of Nigeria

  Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014

  In Nigeria, as with many other places in the world, the Church is growing at a phenomenal rate, consisting of numerous Christian denominations both old and new.
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  Empowering women entrepreneurs in emerging economies: a conceptual model

  Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, 2014

  While women account for just under half of the world’s population, the level
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  Beyond the Frontiers: Feminist Activism in the ‘Global’ Academy

  Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, 2015

  As regions that have both experienced the challenges of post-colonial context
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  Gender discrimination and feminism in Nigeria

  International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2015

  Women are under-represented in almost every sphere of social and political life in Nigeria, including politics, commerce, agriculture, industry, military, and educational institutions.
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  Stella Oyedepo and the feminist vision in the Rebellion of the Bumpy-Chested

  International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013

  Feminist activism and civic participation can come in many forms, including theatre. The prolific playwright Stella Oyedepo is arguably one of the most visible practitioners of theatre in Nigeria today, with plays including Survive, We Will, The Missing Ingredient, and Brain has no Gender.
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  Feminist perspectives on the law on the use of force

  School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2014

  Article 2(4) of the UN Charter concerning the prohibition on the use of force by nation states fails to incorporate the diversity of feminist approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Instead it predicates itself narrowly on discussion about when and how force is justified.
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  Rapping feminism, rapping the family: hip hop, the Mudawwana, and the monarchy in Morocco

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, 2015

  Feminisms can be expressed in many forms, in a variety of complex sub-cultural systems that are full of synergies and contradictions. One such arena is music. In this paper, Casey Jo Brege examines the types of feminism expressed through rap and hip hop in Morocco, in the context of the Mudawwana and the monarchy.

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