Kiki Mordi
Nkiru "Kiki" Mordi (born 12 August 1991) is a Nigerian investigative journalist, media personality, filmmaker, writer and entrepreneur. She dropped out of school because she was harassed by a certain lecturer in her school. This ordeal was what led her to shoot the Sex for Grades Video with the BBC Africa Eye.
Quotes
[edit]- Once we begin to see women as humans with as much right to occupy spaces as men. We would have removed the foundation upon which gender-based violence thrives.
- [1] Kiki Mordi speaking on gender equality
- It's time we moved the shame from victim to perpetrator. They're the ones that should be ashamed.
- [2] Speaking about sexual harassment and victim blaming. Power of the Streets, Human Rights Watch podcast, 1 March 2021.
- Freedom is exercising your rights, getting an education without the fear of sexual harassment.
- [3] On what freedom means to young women. Power of the Streets, Human Rights Watch podcast, 1 March 2021.
- Once we begin to see women as humans with as much right to occupy spaces as men, we would have removed the foundation upon which gender-based violence thrives.
- [4] On gender equality and violence against women. Power of the Streets, Human Rights Watch podcast, 1 March 2021.
- I'm a 28-year-old who never got to finish school because of one thing. It wasn't because I wasn't brilliant... All because of sexual harassment.
- [5] Explaining how her own experience inspired the Sex for Grades investigation. NPR, 25 October 2019.
- Equal parts shock and joy.
- [6] Describing her reaction to the global response following the release of Sex for Grades. OkayAfrica, 10 October 2019.
- Bad writing is better than no writing.
- [7] Sharing the most valuable writing advice she has received. The Republic – First Draft, 21 August 2020.
- I only write to impress myself.
- [8] On her approach to writing and self-criticism. The Republic – First Draft, 21 August 2020.
External links
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- Official website
- Kiki Mordi at FilmFreeway