033: Turning Pain into Power with Kiki Mordi

The phenomenon, Emmy Nominated investigative journalist, Kiki Mordi, a woman truly living unapologetically to fight the patriarchal notion that erases women from history. Her most well known fight is her investigation into the “Sex for Grades” problem in Nigerian universities, after having to drop out of university following sexual harassment from lectures who refused to give her, her grades when she refused to give them what they wanted. The issue of sexual harassment in universities is a pervasive and an unfortunately common one. She decide to highlight the problem and not cower in the face of such an injustice.

Kiki continues to reinvent herself and has started a movement “ Document Women”, that you can't help but follow when you hear her speak. When asked what she does  when people  dislike her feminism and demeanour she simply answered "That sounds like a them or a you problem." A worthwhile lesson  on the statement "What people think about you is none of your business." However, we have made it our business and are sure that one can definitely learn from her courage and passion. Some key lessons from this session are:

1. Don't doubt yourself : your thoughts and ideas are valid. Don't doubt your intelligence. Believe in yourself enough to do the work.

2. Surround yourself with people who care about you. Limit time with people who do not have your best interests at heart.

3. Standing up for yourself is standing up for others. No matter how difficult it may be to tell the hard stories, someone has to do it.

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