SHADE-IN

In celebration of Mother's Day, we feature Cynthia Ezinne Ilojeme in this succinct but powerful piece she wrote to celebrate every woman in this special month designated to honour women through International Women's Day (IWD) events. Every woman is worth celebrating on this mother's day because in every girl and woman is a mother. Enjoy Cynthia's piece: Because I choose to be a stay at home mom doesn't make me less worthy than one who decides to work 9-5 in a physical office. Because I hire a chef to make my meals or eat out doesn't make me less important than one who makes her meals. Because I am unmarried; focusing on my career doesn't make me a prostitute and make another who is married a better woman than I. I can be a CEO, an Engineer, a furniture maker, a developer, a soldier, a lawyer, an accountant, a banker, a chef...I can choose to have a career... I can be whatever I want to be. I'm breaking the bias.🙅🏻‍♀️ I am WOMAN. ♀️ Cynthia Ezinne Iloje

Oluwakemi Adeyemi International Women's Day is always an opportunity for me to recognise the immense contributions of the numerous women I am privileged to call mother, aunties, sisters, colleagues, classmates, cousins, bosses, juniors, etc and to listen carefully to their concerns with a view to understanding. As we join hands today and going forward to breaking the bias against women including persons (women) with disabilities (PWDs), I thank women including women with disabilities for their immense contributions to making the world a better place despite the spoken and unspoken bias against them. I am hopeful that shortly this bias will stop and we can have the benefit of enjoying greater contributions from women including women with disabilities. I join SHADE-IN's campaign to state: "Break the Bias against Women and Girls Including PWDs." #IWD #SHADE_IN #PWD #BreakTheBias #genderequaility Oluwakemi Adeyemi Volunteer Saving Hand Development Initiative (SHADE-IN) ht