{"id":324,"date":"2025-06-04T17:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/?page_id=324"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:32:46","slug":"our-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/?page_id=324","title":{"rendered":"Community Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"324\" class=\"elementor elementor-324\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8a5c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d8a5c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f02a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f02a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Old Igbo Ways To Love Me Back : A feminist Take On Igbo Cosmology<\/h2><div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-418\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_kf-DTGQ7mzfcsFET-200x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_kf-DTGQ7mzfcsFET-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_kf-DTGQ7mzfcsFET-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_kf-DTGQ7mzfcsFET-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_kf-DTGQ7mzfcsFET-1024x1536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_kf-DTGQ7mzfcsFET.webp 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">BY OLIVE CHIEMERIE OLIVER.<\/span><\/strong><\/div><p><strong>Our Founder, Olive, ruminates on the beauty and the flaws of the Igbo culture and the fight for gender equality and balance in modern Igbo society.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Read the essay here: <a href=\"https:\/\/olivechiemerie.medium.com\/the-old-igbo-ways-love-me-back-a-feminist-take-on-igbo-cosmology-renaissance-ed365a622051\">https:\/\/olivechiemerie.medium.com\/the-old-igbo-ways-love-me-back-a-feminist-take-on-igbo-cosmology-renaissance-ed365a622051<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682e6ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"682e6ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-133c8a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"133c8a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><br>I Am My Own Person : A Rallying Cry for the Initiation of Baby Feminists <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2187a2b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2187a2b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ad70e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40ad70e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-16-at-15.30.13_d2e26ab1-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-458\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-16-at-15.30.13_d2e26ab1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-16-at-15.30.13_d2e26ab1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ginikanwanyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-16-at-15.30.13_d2e26ab1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d18cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53d18cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>BY OLIVE CHIEMERIE OLIVER<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Ginikanwanyi&#8217;s first school outreach happened on July 8th 2025, at a secondary school in Onitsha. It was an affirming, uplifting experience. We introduced feminist ideals to 300+ girls and spoke to them about Igbo women&#8217;s history, self-advocacy, gender politics, education, media literacy and economic independence as a tool for freedom. Our founder, Olive, documented the experience in writing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec1edb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ec1edb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Read the Essay here :<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>https:\/\/olivechiemerie.medium.com\/i-am-my-own-person-a-rallying-cry-for-the-initiation-of-baby-feminists-d858c38603c1\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Igbo Ways To Love Me Back : A feminist Take On Igbo Cosmology \u00a0\u00a0BY OLIVE CHIEMERIE OLIVER. Our Founder, Olive, ruminates on the beauty and the flaws of the Igbo culture and the fight for gender equality and balance in modern Igbo society. 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