It is 2026, yet women’s bodies are still governed by everyone except the women themselves. How long will women continue to be at the receiving end of men’s fight for control? In 2015, The Gambia amended its Women’s Act to criminalise female genital mutilation (FGM). The ban was introduced to protect women and girls from a practice that has harmed millions of girls and women worldwide. From then on, anyone found performing or aiding the practice could face fines or …
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In many African homes, when a parent is about to leave the house, they call the eldest child, no matter how young, to look after their younger siblings and take charge. “You are now the second …
CNN recently exposed a website that hosted over 20,000 videos of women who had been drugged and filmed by their partners while they were unconscious. The site had recorded around 62 million visits. Imagine millions of …
It’s World Book Day! This day is a global initiative promoting reading for pleasure, author engagement, and literacy. Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women is all about pleasure and storytelling, but we also know that …
Women deal with misogyny every day. Regardless of your age, life status, or geographical location, there is always a man—or sometimes, unfortunately, a woman with internalised misogyny—who will try to treat you with less respect because …
One area of global health policy that is most talked about and yet least understood is reproductive healthcare. Most people know it is important, but only a few understand why it matters, who influences it, or …
Someone will look through my old photo album and find those pictures of us together. The one we took under that tree, with you completely unaware of the camera, would most likely catch their eyes, and …
Written by Anluma Ocran My first pregnancy occurred eight months after the burial of one of the women I have most loved in this world, my grandmother. I was so distraught by her passing, especially given …
Dear Society, the boys you refused to train are harming the girls you’ve spent years trying to discipline. On Thursday, March 19, Nigeria woke up to disturbing news it would never have imagined. Men from the …
In Nigeria, it is easier to publicly discredit a woman who speaks about rape than it is to get justice against the man who actually committed it. Rape in Nigeria is drastically underreported. In fact, national …
Written by Gbemi Trabaye Writing this is probably going to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Putting pen to paper is the least of my struggles; the greatest challenge lies in accurately conveying …