International Safe Abortion Day: The Colonial Laws Behind Africa’s Abortion Restrictions
On September 28, International Safe Abortion Day, everything is worth confronting: abortion existed in African societies before colonial rule, but so did systems... Read more.
WHO Expands Contraceptive Options for Women, Girls
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidance expanding contraceptive options for women and girls, including recommending mifepristone as an additional... Read more.
Mr Presh, Audrey Cyril’s Fiancé is accused of cheating with multiple women; why is the Conversation About Her?
A woman can spend months, sometimes years, building a relationship with a man only to discover that the version of the relationship she understood wasn’t the... Read more.
“Your Beliefs Should Belong to You:” Debra Ukauwa on Atheism and Deconstructing Religion
Debra Chiemela Ukauwa is a Nigerian software engineering student, feminist and atheist whose journey has been from a deeply religious upbringing to questioning and... Read more.
“She died for nothing:” Nigerians remember Aunty Esther’s death after Jehovah’s Witnesses update their doctrine
Months after Nigerians watched Mensha Omotola Esther, popularly called Aunty Esther, refuse a blood transfusion during her battle with breast cancer, the Jehovah’s... Read more.
Fave on the Price Women Pay to be Taken Seriously in Afrobeats
A woman can walk into the music industry with a voice, a song and an audience and still find herself being assessed for everything except the music. Is her stomach... Read more.
NFM Weekly Digest: Women Are Still Making Their Own Space
From an eight-year-old girl whose childhood peace was stolen by rape to women being told what their bodies should look like, what music belongs on a dance floor... Read more.
United Nations Sets Nov 27 as New International Day to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage
The United Nations General Assembly has established November 27 as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage, creating a new... Read more.
Everything You Need to Know About Gynaecological Cancer
September is observed as Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month (GCAM), a period dedicated to increasing public understanding of the cancers that can develop in the... Read more.
NFM Weekly Digest: This Week Women Were Once Again Reminded What They’re Up Against
Another week, another reminder on the things women were up against: A six year old girl was raped by a man who was supposed to be teaching her, a 15 year old was... Read more.