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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…
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Three Nigerian Women Improving Girls’ Lives In Their Communities
Justina Oziohu Isimishere was only ten when she first saw a baby in a carton with a knife piercing its heart. A few years later, while in secondary school, she knew of a girl who…
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Prison Abolitionism criticises systemic racism but overlooks women’s need for justice
On September 1, 2024, a 15-year-old boy broke into his neighbour’s house and assaulted his 14-year-old neighbour. As this news went viral among Nigerians on Twitter, certain activists called for the rehabilitation of the perpetrator,…
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23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye’s kidnap & murder of his female ‘friend’ unveils femicide crisis
The arrest of 23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye, a Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, for the shocking kidnap and murder of 21-year-old Christiana Idowu has highlighted Nigeria’s growing epidemic of femicide. Christiana went missing on August…
