Building an Inclusive Media: Overcoming Barriers and Fostering Change
In a world where media plays a crucial role in shaping narratives and perceptions, fostering an inclusive media environment is critical. For journalists, inclusion is more than just a concept but a commitment to creating
A SPECIAL REPORT by Emiene Erameh
Gender-Based Violence (GBV), according to the UNHCR, can include sexual, physical, mental and economic harm inflicted in public or in private. It also includes threats of violence, coercion and manipulation. Gender-based violence can take many
Booster Vaccines
With news of new emerging Covid-19 variants even as the vaccine roll out programs are ongoing it is expected for people to wonder if there is a need to get booster vaccines as the present
A violent path to motherhood
Womens’ voices are heard rarely in many developing countries like Nigeria. In some communities, women must speak through a man – either their son, nephew or any other male relative— no matter their wealth and
Scarred for Life: The untold stories of GBV survivors
Gender-Based violence is a severely traumatic experience that disproportionately affects women and girls during the last COVID-19 lockdown. The unfortunate aspect of it is that survivors continue to live with the pains inflicted on them
Rape: When silence impedes Justice
Womens’ voices are heard rarely in many developing countries like Nigeria. In some communities, women must speak through a man – either their son, nephew or any other male relative— no matter their wealth and
Putting economic Abuse on the GBV agenda
A SPECIAL REPORT by Emiene Erameh Gender-Based Violence (GBV), according to the UNHCR, can include sexual, physical, mental and economic harm inflicted in public or in private. It also includes threats of violence, coercion and
How Digital Innovation is Bridging the Gap to GBV Response
“Hello! You have called the Orange Support Centre (OSC). How may I help You?’ says Michel Makafui Vogzogbe, a volunteer at the centre. Makafui proceeds to talk with the caller for a few minutes, offering
Creating employment, one garbage bin at a time
Today is the International Day to End Fistula. An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 women are affected each year by obstetric fistula, which is an abnormal opening between a woman’s vaginal system and her urinary tract or
Why Eliminating GBV is Key to Ending Obstetric Fistula in Africa
Today is the International Day to End Fistula. An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 women are affected each year by obstetric fistula, which is an abnormal opening between a woman’s vaginal system and her urinary tract or