Photo Credit: by Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash ‘I never expected sex work to be this dangerous. My first experience was when the police came to our business premises, we all ran for cover, and I almost died. This happened in Port Harcourt Rivers state, South-South Nigeria,’ she remembers. Sonia, a 41-year-old full-time sex worker, tells the heartbreaking story…
Abandonment in marriage, also known as desertion, is a legal term that describes a situation where a spouse leaves the marital home without a justifiable reason or the other’s consent, otherwise known as actual abandonment. It could also be a scenario where the spouse is still physically present but withdraws support either emotionally, financially,…
Mineral washing site at JIB Quarters, Jos. Photo Credit: Marie-Therese Nanlong Placing her plastic bowl on her head, a bag on her shoulder, and her baby strapped on her back, 40-year-old Esther Gyang, hurries to join a group of other women heading to…
Gbemisola Okotie is the last child in a family of seven. The 19-year-old who had been battling total blindness since 2014 said she did not have it easy when she lost her sight. “It was like a dream’ she explained. Her parents left her indoors for years before she was admitted into the Ondo State School for the…
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt on unsplash.com Uduak Eyo, 37, breaks into sobs intermittently as she describes the pain and torture her husband put her through when she lost her job at an eatery. ‘The last eight months have been hell’ she says. ‘’He is constantly reminding me of how he made a mistake by getting…
Photo Credit: TopSphere Media on Unsplash “I told my husband that I wanted to do family planning, he said no, that he is scared. I just took the decision and did it by myself”. 32-year-old Mrs. Ezinne, who has been exposed to the benefits of family planning, did not let her husband’s disapproval hinder her…
Anticipate these well researched investigative reports by female Journalists participating in African Women in Media’s ‘Reporting Violence Against Women and Girls’ project,’ supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Anticipate!!! CAN OF WORMS: EXPOSING PERSISTENT ABUSE OF GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES IN OWO – Olufisoye Adenitan FAMILY PLANNING RIGHTS: INVESTIGATING OBSTACLES TO ACCESSING CONTRACEPTIVE…
HEADLINES Congolese Prison Rape Scandal: 268 Women Victimised A devastating report reveals the widespread rape and sexual violence at Kinshasa’s Makala prison, has sparked urgent calls for improved protection and living conditions for women and girls in Congolese prisons. Human Rights Watch Life Sentences for Gang Rape in Liberia Two men,…
PHOTO CREDIT: Fatima Yusuf on unsplash Education is a powerful tool that empowers individuals from diverse…
Ableism or the discrimination against people with disabilities, is still a major problem in a nation where social attitudes and infrastructure have not yet fully embraced inclusivity. Despite the National Policy on Disability in Nigeria 2017 and the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act of 2018, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability…
Oluchi, a 40-year-old housewife, is married to a man who beats her at the slightest perceived or actual provocation. When she finally summoned up the courage to report her assault to the police at the Ejigbo Police Station, she was allegedly asked to provide eyewitnesses to back up her story by the Divisional Police Officer…
Housewives put in long hours daily of unpaid labour and yet some of them become vulnerable to domestic abuse. In this story, Francisca Ogar takes a look at the plight of women deprived of the opportunity to earn an income because they are married, and the ripple effect on poverty levels in the home and…
