Feminist By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Within her book, we should all be feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells anecdotes of what it is like to be a young feminist in Africa, she speaks at one point of the ‘helpers’ found in major cities around the continent, often young men who offer to help the wealthier park cars in the congested metropolitan area. To stand out, these young men add some theatrics to the service they provide. These young Nigerian men are not the only ones who add theatrics to helping others. There are often questions of organizations around the world and whether the methods they utilize are helping women in developing countries or whether they are merely using theatrics to make it look like they are helping those on the international stage. This is especially …show more content…
Since the collapse of the Soviet Block, NGOs have become the western philanthropist’s favorite methods of charity (Edwards). This focus on organizations that were not tied to governments was due to a perceived ineptitude of legitimate regimes to provide necessary social welfare, be it domestically or abroad, leading many to think that these organizations could create a higher quality of service at a lower, and more privately subsidized cost (Zaidi). The more prominent NGOs have become over the years, and the more legitimate more and more organizations become, the international system has molded around them to not only accept them, but to support them, as the current environment within international politics and economics have given NGOs big influence, especially when it comes to growth and influence …show more content…
These different schools of thought are well illustrated within the three NGOs examined in this piece. W4 can be seen as giving too much power to the local perspective, allowing itself to be an organization which only gives money to local groups in the hope that they use it wisely, but lack any groundwork or incentives for the organizations to do so. WFW is the opposite end of the spectrum, while they have relationships with local leaders and organizations, they do not support them. They go in and train and support women themselves, using western tutors and foreign ideals to empower women. ActionAid is considered by many to be the ideal middle ground between the two. As they do give funds and support to local organizations they also go in and do groundwork themselves in order to subsidize the work being done by local organizations. With many NGOs like ActionAid already in the works, as well as many people who wish to help the world make a better place creating more and more every day. Many major problems are taking steps in being solved. With the combination in local and international perspectives NGOs are continuing to show why they are the main problem solvers in today’s international theater and why so many turn to them in their time of