If you are an avid internet user, you will notice that in
the past few days, some women across the world have been posting monochromic
pictures of themselves on various social media platforms with the caption,
“Challenge Accepted.”
The new trend, which sees women sharing black and white
photos of themselves, has also gotten the backing of a host of prominent
figures including the likes of Genevieve Nnaji, Tiwa Savage, Gabrielle Union,
Kristen Bell, Kerry Washington, Funke Akindele, Bukky Wright, Ini Edo, and
Zahra Buhari-Indimi.
The sole aim of the challenge is to encourage “women to
support women” in what appears to be a show of solidarity and calls for female
empowerment amid the coronavirus pandemic.
How does it work?
To be part of the challenge, you will have to post a black
and white photo of yourself, and then challenge other women who you want to
uplift to do the same. The women, thereafter, share their photo, usually with
the caption “Challenge Accepted” or hashtag #womensupportingwomen, and tag
other women to post their own, who in turn, can nominate other women.
How did it start?
There are reports that the trend originated from Turkey and
that it was aimed to protest against femicide. Tariro Mzezewa, a travel
reporter for the New York Times, also disclosed that the idea of the challenge
was in response to the high rate of killings of women and girls in the country.
The original accompanying hashtags were #kadınaşiddetehayır#istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır which I’m told translate to say no to violence against women &— Tariro Mzezewa (@tariro) July 28, 2020
enforce the Istanbul Treaty/ Doctrine (where rights to protect women are signed.)
“The original accompanying hashtags were #kadınaşiddetehayır
and #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır, which I’m told translate to say no to violence
against women & enforce the Istanbul Treaty/ Doctrine (where rights to
protect women are signed.),” she wrote on Twitter.
Some of our Nigerian celebrities that participated in the challenge:
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