The 5 Best Things About Women Riding Bikes

1. Having limited space to transport stuff prevents us from lugging too much stuff around and forces us to minimise the excess we would otherwise cart around.

2. It is the best excuse to invest in a brand new leather motorcycle jacket!

The Role of Women In Society - Essay By a Man

According to the ‘traditional division’ of social roles, both men and women have their own ‘duties’ in different fields of human life. In the USA and Europe, this unspoken division had existed until the middle of the twentieth century. Men were supposed to work and provide their family. Women had two major roles. They had to fulfill their household duties and bring up children. Who made this unofficial division of social roles? Where did it start and what is the situation now?

Chimamanda Adichie To Women - Love Is To Give AND To Take, Dare To Take

Yesterday, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had the honor of giving the commencement speech to the class of 2015 at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. A usual, the award winning Nigerian writer spoke on Feminism, the topic closest to her heart. She urged the graduates to try their best to change their world to one more equal for men and for women too, giving men the freedom to be vulnerable, and women the choice to be strong. Read an excerpt from her speech below, and watch the video too...

Harriet Tubman Wins Online Vote to Become New Face of $20 Bill

A campaign to diversify the American currency, by a group called Women on 20s, has concluded their online petition to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The campaign, which quickly went viral last month, offered supporters the opportunity to vote on who they would like to see on a twenty dollar bill.

The first round of voting had people choose from 15 women to four finalists, with Harriet Tubman, Wilma Mankiller, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Rosa Parks making the cut. In the final round of voting, Harriet Tubman received the highest number of votes — 118,328. Eleanor Roosevelt came in second place with 111,227 votes. Over 300,000 people took part in the votes.

Wendy Williams Says Women Lose Out In Marriage & Should Delay Coupling Up Till Their 30s

50 year old Wendy Williams, controversial talk show host, and former radio DJ has shared her thoughts on woman and marriage in a new interview with Forbes. The outspoken host of her own show on BET, and one of daytime’s most successful syndicated talk shows, The Wendy Williams Show, advised women to use their entire 20s to build a career and get married in their 30s.

Wendy Williams first got married in her 20s to a man she keeps private but it was short-lived before they got a divorce. In 1997 she married Kevin Hunter, who is also her manager, and they have one teenage son together. It seems that with the perspective of her own life and experience, Wendy has some thoughtful and thought-provoking words for younger women:

Taraba Gets First Elected Female Governor In Nigeria!

Taraba state in northern Nigeria may have just elected the first elected female governor in Nigeria in the person of Senator Jumai Aisha Alhassan of APC! Although the votes have not been officially announced by INEC, she is leading the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Darius Ishaku, in Taraba state by a wide margin.

When announced, Alhassan will be the first elected female governor in the history of Nigeria. Though she is by no means the first female governor in Nigeria’s democratic history, she is set to be the first elected female governor ever recorded.

Nigerian and Proud! Marathoner Tee Morgan Is First Nigerian At The North Pole!

Wow, she did it! Remember Tee Morgan, that 42 year old mom of four who runs marathons? I shared her story back in March Here. Above is Tee, Nigerian and proud at the north pole! She shared the picture on her Facebook page with the caption;

Today I raised the Nigerian flag to become the first Nigerian to ever step foot on the North Pole and to run a marathon. Words fail me to express how am feeling. The weather was -41C. I fought really hard to finish this race. I am grateful to God for helping me.

Continue below for more pictures of her journey to the North Pole!

#HillarysBigAnnouncement - Mean Tweets Follow Hillary's Presidential Candidacy Reports

What do you think of #HillarysBigAnnouncement and do you think she will win this time? There has been a certainty that Hillary Clinton will run again for president in the 2016 elections but she took her time officially announcing it. Now, CNN is reporting that the former first lady, senator and secretary of state will be publicly opening up on her presidential candidacy this Sunday in the form of a video message.

According to the report, Hillary Clinton will then begin a trip to early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire to start appealing to voters. The news has sent Twitter into a meltdown, both for and against Hillary's chances and the fact that it seems the media has already crowned her the Democratic candidate even though others are throwing their hats in the ring. See tweets below...

5 Reasons Why Women Live Longer Than Men

Towering roles imposed on women by society, as well as traditionally-defined roles, almost make being male more enviable than being female. Yet, the same woman who works twice as hard as the man is said to have a longer life span. In this edition, we take a look at some reasons women live longer than men.

Instagram Apologizes & Reposts Censored Period Photos After Open Letter

So how does this story end? Well, Rupi's activism - read open letter to Instagram here - worked and the photo has been posted back by Instagram! More importantly, the young woman has started a conversation that might help a few women out there come out of their prison of silence on their periods. Kudos to her! Read Instagram's apology below...

See Graphic Period Pictures Censored By Instagram + Poster's MUST-READ Open Letter

Rupi Kaur, a Sikh poet studying at the University of Waterloo, Canada, posted an image of her during her period as part of her photo-series project for a visual rhetoric course on Instagram. The photo shows Rupi in bed with a patch of menstrual blood which had stained the same sweatpants she's wearing above, and had also leaked on the bedsheet.

The photo was subsequently taken down by Instagram citing violation of the 'Community Guidelines'. Though not outrightly against any overt photo guidelines on Instagram, I imagine several people who saw the photo were offended and reported to the site to take it down, and they did. However, Rupi decided to re-post the photo and wrote a powerful open letter to accompany. See the photo and read her post below...

Britney Spears Defines Being a 'Bitch' Her Own Way

Britney Spears has re-defined the word "bitch" on her own terms as a way of owning it when others try to bring a woman down by using the b-word. The child star who has had her rocky moments but bounced back and continued to make waves as a singer and now lingerie designer shared a poem on Instagram, which is titled ‘Bitchology’. You can read it in full below...

Widow Disguises As a Man For 43 Years In Order to Work and Take Care of Her Family

Abu Daooh, the 64yr old widowed Egyptian woman pictured above, has opened up about having to disguise herself as a man for 43 years so she could work as a shoemaker, in addition to other manual labor jobs, in order to take care her family. Abu has now been honored by her Local government in Egypt with the 'woman breadwinner' award after her secret was let known to the officials.

Daooh lost her husband 43 years ago while she was pregnant with her only child, a girl. She said she decided to disguise because her community frowned at women who work. Daooh who wore a “jilbab” and a male hat known as a “Taqiyah” and black masculine shoes around, said she decided to disguise as a man so she could work and earn a decent living rather than beg on the streets.

Blogger Posts Sanitary Towels With Feminist Slogans Around Her City [Photos]

A German blogger called Elonë has engaged in her own brand of activism  after posting sanitary towels with feminist slogans written on them around her city. 20-year-old Elonë, from Karlsruhe, Germany, first announced her intentions on her Tumblr blog, and has since posted pictures of her project in action on her Instagram. However, not everyone is happy about her project but she doesn't care.

So far Elonë has put up sanitary towels in public places around her city with provocative slogans including, ‘rapists rape people not outfits’, ‘my name is not baby’ and ‘my pussy, my choice'. See some of her Instagram posts showing her activism for International women's day on March 8 below.

#HappyInternationalWomensDay - 1923 Teachers Contract Shows Progress For Women

Happy #IWD2015 to all women and my fellow feminists. A teacher’s contract from 1923 has recently gone viral on Facebook, and shows how much we have to be happy for. Back then, teaching was primarily a female job and the contract outlines all of the guidelines anyone who signs must follow to keep her job. With the rules being so gender-specific, there is no denying the sexist antecedents that today's working women face.

The contract was posted on Ohio Education Association’s Facebook page, and dictates how the women automatically lost their jobs or had to quit when they got married. The female teachers had to have their clothes a certain length, had to wear two underwears to avoid any manner of looking good. They were also warned not to seek or keep the company of men, not to drink alcohol or smoke, not to dye their hair, not to dress in bright colors. Read below..

Feminist Lesley Gore Dies of Cancer - Watch "You Don't Own Me" PSA

Lesley Gore, writer and singer of the feminist anthem "You Don't Own Me," died Monday. She was 68. Gore died of lung cancer at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, according to her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson. Sasson, a jewelry designer, told The Associated Press;

"She was a wonderful human being - caring, giving, a great feminist, great woman, great human being, great humanitarian."

Women Are Banned From Driving in Saudi Arabia To Prevent Rape - Male Historian

A Saudi Arabian historian has tried to defend the ban on women driving in the country by saying the ban prevents women from getting raped. In a recent interview on Saudi Rotana Khalijiyya TV, historian Saleh al-Saadoon said that a Saudi Arabian woman could get raped if her car were to break down along the road.

According to the transcript from the TV show as obtained by HuffPo, the historian then went on to say that in countries where women are allowed to drive that the women in those countries 'don't care' if they are raped by the roadside.

Feminist Aborts Unborn Baby Boy at 5 Months Because She Thinks Men Are Monsters

Pro-lifers and anti-abortionists are outraged and speaking out online after a feminist posted about aborting her male foetus on a blog under the title, I Aborted My Baby – Because it was a Boy. The post has since gone viral as commenters flooded the page with condemnation for the writer. The woman known as Lana had the article published on a site called “Injustice Stories”.

Lana says that at the fifth month of her pregnancy, the doctor told her she was having a boy, and decided to have a late-term abortion. This happened some years ago as Lana says she already has a one-year old baby daughter, and will terminate another pregnancy if a boy comes her way. And yet she maintains she doesn't hate men. Hmmm... SMH... I'm a feminist, but this woman's actions are too extreme and hint at mental imbalance. Read below...

17 Year Old Lydia Ko Becomes Golf Youngest Number 1 Ever!

Born in South Korea and now living in New Zealand, Lydia Ko has become the youngest world number one in golf history by reaching the top of the women's rankings aged 17. Ko secured the number one ranking by finishing in a tie for second at the LPGA Coates Championship  in Florida.

Lydia Ko beats South Korean Jiyai Shin who had been the youngest player to top the women's rankings, aged 22 in 2010. She also beats Tiger Woods, who became men's world number one in 1997 when he was already 21. This makes her the youngest of any gender to reach the Number 1 ranking.

Catholic Women Organisation President Says Women's Dressing To Blame For Rape?

Ngozi Chukwuji, the President of Catholic Women Organisation of Nigeria (CWO), is reported to have said that the way women dress is the leading cause of increases in cases of rape. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she said that "clothes that expose sensitive areas of the female body provoke sexual urge."

“What we are facing in our society is really amazing, even some of us that are married, the way we dress does not portray us as good mothers or good parents. So, we’ve been talking to our women, if you have a tailor that sews, you should be able to cover your body very well.

“Decency matters, while a lot of rapists are outside, its the way we dress, that attracts these people to us, our manners, our dressing portrays our manners, our dressing brings out the way we are.