Read more about the article Jigawa Female Farmers Face Gender Discrimination, Land Encroachment, and Limited Resources
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Jigawa Female Farmers Face Gender Discrimination, Land Encroachment, and Limited Resources

Ramatu Dahiru is a smallholder farmer who faces challenges as a woman farmer in Jigawa state. She annually cultivates acres of land growing millet, sorghum, groundnut, beans, and other cash crops. Last year, a neighbour encroached on her farmland, delaying…

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Read more about the article For many schoolgirls with disabilities, rags are alternatives to pads
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For many schoolgirls with disabilities, rags are alternatives to pads

Ahead of her 5-day menstrual flow, Precious Ejiofor*, a student with autism spectrum with flexion of the wrist, struggles to fold clothes into reasonable sizes for her menstrual flow as she cannot afford to purchase sanitary pads. While attaching a…

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