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The Gap
As a club we focus on women not because we want to discriminate against the males but simply because for too long society has focused its lens on men for the very wrong reasons and consequently but not very surprisingly there exist a gender gap. With or without statistics it is obvious there exist a gender gap. There exist a problem and whether we admit or not that problem is that for so long women have been discriminated against, relegated to the background, and excluded from prominent spaces and societal norms have only gone far to entrench the narrative that women are to aspire to as high as marriage to self-actualize; worse is the narrative that iterates the most valuable services of women can be realized only in the kitchen and bedroom.
The Power Of Story Telling
The power of storytelling to solving gender inequality: impacts of untold stories of female influencers to bridging the gender gap. A few months ago, I heard about and joined Wikimedia Ghana user group as an editor (a voluntary role). Because I was new, I was still finding my way out in my new role and learning to edit articles on Wikipedia. Apart from my passion for writing in general, I do not know exactly what prompted me to join the moment I heard about the group but I believe I was influenced by the kind of social media post I saw the first time I heard of Wikimedia Ghana User Group.
Do women with deep internal misogyny have Stockholm’s?
In the society, acts that bring women down are more often than not, supported by other women. From that auntie who tells your parents to not be so much invested in your education but rather in your being a good wife to an imaginary future husband to the women in the extended family who assist in meting out atrocities to widows in the name of widowhood rites right to that senior female colleague who viciously criticizes your clothing choices and makes snide remarks about your worth in the workplace.
