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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…
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Beauty practices and the theft of personhood in women
Beauty as an ideal for women to aspire to is one of the apparently normal but quite damaging practices in our society today. It seems harmless because it is one concept whose effects are not…
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Navigating Silence: Life of Ezenwata Nasa, a Deaf Nigerian Woman
In the small village of Obinato, located in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, the experiences of people with disabilities are often untold. One such individual is Ezenwata Nasa, a woman born deaf who…
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#JusticeForChristiana: Reminiscing on an artistic life and a nation’s conscience engulfed in misogynistic mores
Christiana Idowu turned 21 on June 28. She was a 300-level botany student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), undergoing her industrial training (IT) – a prerequisite to graduating from a technical department…
