Nigerian actress Nancy Isime is making headlines on social media after she kicked against using the term ‘women supporting women’ blindly.
The movie star took to her Instagram page on March 27, 2025, to write about how she wanted people to reflect on what feminism and gender equality truly mean.
According to her, gender equality is simply letting people be without bringing their gender into the discussion. Further, in the lengthy note, Nancy Isime added that most women like to say that other women do not support their gender.
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She asked which women they were supposed to help if many of them already believed that women supporting women was fake or didn’t exist.
The Nollywood star advised women to take accountability when necessary. She asked if these women were supportable or employable.
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According to her, the people who created the terms ‘women supporting women’ and ‘what do you bring to the table’ were in the same ‘dumb WhatsApp group’.
See her post below:
Reactions as Nancy Isime talks of women supporting women
Nancy Isime’s post went viral on social media, and it started a series of debates among Nigerians.
Some women were triggered by Nancy Isime’s words, while others claimed the Nollywood star was only rebranding herself because she wanted to get married.
A few others, however, saw no problems with Nancy Isime’s words, but many came for her:
@ebi_patei:
“Typing so much but saying nothing.”
@thenicoleken:
“And please, we don’t want your book. save it!”
@pec_mira:
“Ladies please i will love to ask, i said please ooooo. Why are some of you offended by her write-up? What did she say wrong? I read from start till finish and i am still confused, her words are factual. Mind you before you start calling me pick me lol. I am not that desperate, Infact i enjoy my own company. But all what she said was extremely meaningful. At the end of the day i feel both genders needs to be genuinely kind towards each other.”
@sheila.courage:
“Reading everything in your voice feels so good!! I look forward to reading a book of yours one day.”
@denrele.o:
“lmfaooo it is well.”
@seleye.fubara:
“I wish I could have a more detailed conversation with you about slide 12. I’d want to understand better.”
@ewajesu:
“You are not serious.”
@amarakanu:
“I live for the intermediate slides. Go, Nancy.”
@powedeawujo:
“Every written slide my babe🔥🔥.”
@omonioboli:
“Hahaahahahah I love it.”
@thenicoleken:
“nancy i like you but pls REST ijn. pandering to men won’t exclude you from the b.s. it’s during women’s month you are centering men. MEN?! Anyway, we know why you are doing this & it’s sad to see. wishing you the best!”
@1st_tifeh:
“You want others to support you, are you supportable??? Accountability and standing on business ten toes.”
@qween_ivy:
“Achalugo, ‘women supporting women’ is important. The entire bedrock of gender equality lies in women supporting one another because that has been the only way women throughout history fought for the rights we now enjoy.”
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