Misogyny
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NFM Weekly Digest: Women in the news this week, from reproductive health, politics
This week, women’s lives were once again caught between the things they are expected to endure and spaces they are determined to take up. Aunty Esther’s death has resurfaced after the Jehovah’s Witnesses changed part…
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DOHS Foundation Issues Cease-and-Desist Notice to Emmanuel Onyekachi for Harassment
DOHS Cares for Vulnerable Women and Children Foundation has issued a formal public notice and cease-and-desist notice against Emmanuel Onyekachi, a Tech Consultant, for “ongoing intimidation, telephone harassment, physical harassment, and threats against the…
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“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 Witnesses have changed their position on some of the very blood components…
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How Malnutrition, Child Labour Threaten Sokoto Girls’ Future
There was no sign of childhood innocence or curiosity on Umaimah’s face when she was first seen skimming through the smelly waste bag left outside a student hostel at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), in…
