My Grandmother and the Many Faces of Patriarchy My grandmother is one of the strongest women I know. Compared to people we think are the same age as hers, she can still stand well and do things by herself. She…
Introduction According to the United Nations, every 10 minutes, a woman is killed, a sobering statistic that underscores the global crisis of gender-based violence. In 2023, Africa bore the highest burden of intimate partner and family-related femicide in the world,…
Although Hadiza Aliyu did not know how she would save or change the life of a frail newborn abandoned in an uncompleted building, she knew she simply had to bring him home. It was as if his spirit had beckoned…
A botched surgery during childbirth has left a 34-year-old mother of four in Ashaiman incontinent and reliant on diapers, forcing her to grapple with a debilitating condition that erodes her dignity and threatens her livelihood. “I can’t urinate on my…