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“Which opportunities have we lost? How can younger women stand on the shoulders of older women so that they can see farther ahead?"

— Bunmi Dipo Salami

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“Who should we hold accountable for improving the lives of women in order to enrich the nation on the long run? Why should we hold them accountable?”

“With this Name & Shame Project, we are saying to victims and survivors that we believe their account of a rape incident and we stand with them as they call out their rapists.”

“Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world. From challenge comes change, so let us all #ChooseToChallenge and call out gender bias and inequity,”

“We have to be proactive by providing sexuality education to boys and girls in primary and secondary schools, as well as make conscious efforts to reorient men by teaching our boys about respect for a woman’s personal space.”

“It is our collective responsibility to break the culture of silence around women’s human rights violations; feminisation of poverty and women’s exclusion from decision-making arenas. Let us demand accountability everywhere and together we shall make meaningful change happen,”

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