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Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed globally every October, focuses on body awareness, regular self-examinations, and proactive steps toward early detection, emphasising how timely action can save lives. The initiative began in the United States in October 1985 as a week-long…
Shortly after her graduation ceremony, 16-year-old Esther, who asked to use only her first name, received the news of the death of a classmate, Bimpe, who was also 16 years old. She had reached out to me on WhatsApp to…
Barely three weeks after the birth of her child and stitches still throbbing every step, 33-year-old *Dolapo*, a small business owner and mother of one, shouldered the responsibility of cooking every day for the 17 members of her husband’s extended…
It’s International Day of Rural Women today, 15th of October, a day to recognise the women whose labour sustains the roots of this country. Across Nigeria, rural women rise before dawn to farm, trade, and nurture communities that rely on…
Claim: In January 2015, Vanguard News, a reputable media outlet, posted a claim on social media, as well as other media outlets dating from 2012 to 2023, which stated that “Durex survey” found Nigerian women to be the top in…
One Sunday afternoon, across the fields of Anguwan Mission in Zonkwa area of Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria, Martha Saleh bent low in the middle of her five-hectare plot, tugging weeds from tidy rows of corn. She paused, wiped sweat from…
Who decided that men are the standard of humanity and women are the variation? Equality isn’t about making women “the same as men” but about dismantling the lie that men are the default and women are the exception. The very…
Nigerians and international bodies have called for a surrogacy ban in reaction to the investigation into surrogacy. The report reveals how misinformation is weaponised to lure women into the practice, Facebook is utilised for advertising, and Nigeria’s lack of law…
Today, September 28th, the world marks International Safe Abortion Day. A day to remind governments, communities, and individuals that abortion is healthcare and women deserve safe, stigma-free access to it. But while many are quick to chant “abortion is healthcare,”…
When Temitope Afolabi realised her husband could get imprisoned due to a N48 million debt he incurred from a bad business deal, she resolved to become a surrogate to earn money to save him. She had initially considered selling one…