Pilot Media Initiatives — Stories-Shayera Dark

How the Aid and Development Industry Enables Sexual Abusers

Sexual predators know they can take advantage of the industry’s opaque and byzantine investigative procedures, its lack of follow up with complainants and general nonchalant disposition towards incidents of sexual abuse to perpetrate and perpetuate their nefarious activities unhampered.

LeisureShayera Dark5 March 2023united nations, sexual harassment, oxfam, usaid, cima, national endowment for democracy, open society, #aidtoo, Sexism, Pilot Media Initiatives, Dillon Case, Recent

Moral of the Cuomo Saga? Beware of "Feminist" Men

For years, sexual harassers hid their predatory nature under their vocal but opportunistic support for women's rights, a heinous ploy that no longer seems tenable in the age of #MeToo.

LeisureShayera Dark1 September 2021andrew cuomo, sexual harassment, women's rights, #timesup, centre for international media assistance, #aidtoo, sexism, Pilot Media Initiatives, Dillon Case

Nigeria's Comedy Scene Wallows in Sexism

Comedy is booming in Nigeria, having morphed from a side hustle in the mid-nineties to a serious, full-fledged business. But as with most male-dominated fields, the country's comedy scene has a misogyny problem.