Month: August 2025

Community lending by widows

In the tranquil rural community of Ikot Ekpeyak Ikono in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria, a tragic event underscores the harsh realities faced by women as breadwinners. A woman in her 60s lost her life

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Market gardens and IDPs in Burkina Faso

Amazone même dans la douleur : La culture maraichère le nouveau souffle de vie de la déplacée interne Baniyala Tankoano  Décamper à cause des conflits armées et relever le pari de la survie, le double challenge

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Episiotomies and childbirth education in Burkina Faso

Dans les salles d’accouchement de certains centres de santé du Burkina Faso, un silence pesant entoure une pratique médicale très répandue : l’épisiotomie. Cette incision chirurgicale, pratiquée sur le périnée lors de l’accouchement pour élargir l’orifice

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Access to maternity care for women with disabilities in Burkina Faso

De nombreuses femmes célèbrent l’accouchement comme l’un des moments forts de la maternité, mais pour les femmes handicapées du Burkina Faso, le chemin vers la maternité est semé d’embûches, ce qui en fait une épreuve

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Battling Stigma, Seeking Love: The Struggles of Women with Disabilities in Sokoto

In Northern Nigeria, being a woman often comes with its own set of societal challenges. Add a disability to that reality, and the barriers multiply. Women with disabilities in this region face a unique double

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Abuse of teen mothers

In 2023, 18-year-old Claire Njeri* lost her baby. The baby had suffered from asphyxia – a condition where the body doesn’t get enough oxygen, leading to unconsciousness and potentially death. At just 16, Njeri went

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Community health champions

It is almost midnight in Itumbe, Kisii County. Outside, the silence is broken by the chirping of crickets and the distant barking of a dog. Inside her homestead, 35-year-old Gladys Nyamache is sweating and struggling

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Unregulated sex enhancers

IN the bustling marketplace of Marina, a suburb of Sokoto city in Northwest Nigeria, glass bottles and sachets filled with coloured powders and thick pastes line the shelves of multiple stalls. At one of the busiest

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Menstruation without water

Burkina Faso : quand le changement climatique et le manque d’eau forcent les filles à sécher l’école pendant leurs règles Alternative title suggestions: // Suggestions de titres alternatifs :Règles + sécheresse = abandon scolaire (Periods

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Marital rape

Chaque jour, tu m’humilies par tes paroles, tu lèves la main sur moi… et pourtant, tu réclames mon corps comme si de rien n’était ? »— Témoignage d’une femme croyante confrontée aux violences conjugales, y

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