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 the life she had lived. I believed she deserved better and it was a shame she died in pain with little joy towards the end of her life. At her wake, I had initially been reluctant to file past her cadaver, as I had …
Category: Sex and Society
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 …