Clare Ezeakacha is a product model, child advocate, film maker and Director of Clare Cares Foundation. In this interview with TEMITOPE SHOOLA, she explains how she uses short films to prevent and help victims heal from rape How do you see growing cases of sexual molestation? Sexual molestation has been on the rise, it’s been […]
Life usually becomes hard for everyone during a pandemic since the casualties mostly are women and children who carry the extra burdens of seeing to wellness of the family. According to Raquel Lagunas, director of the gender team at the United Nations Development Programme: “Because of their reproductive roles in society, they are the ones […]
Coping and surviving this pandemic season is the major concern of most people especially women who seem to bear the brunt of hardship the pandemic is projecting in various aspect of their lives. Mrs Ifeoma Nzeh is a small holding farmer in Agungwu village, Ugwuoba, Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State who feeds her […]
What seems normal to the ear is that ‘man rapes woman.’ But the absurd is the reverse. It is now, ‘woman rapes man!’ It seems that is becoming a trend, especially among higher institution students. They are now the daredevils; men fear and respect them. OLUWATOSIN OMONIYI explores stories of raped men Joseph Ukachukwu was […]
It is worrisome and greatly disturbing at the spate of rape, child defilement going on in some parts of Ebonyi State. The women, who can no longer tolerate the upsurge in the dastardly act, have pleaded with their traditional ruler for quick intervention, Uchenna Inya reports Women of Ikwuato Idembia community, Ezza South local […]
With the determination of making Nigerian women greatly self-reliant, a mobile application was launched as Africa’s first socio-economic empowerment at the maiden edition of the #Herconomy Conference and the third edition of #AGSTribe. Muritala Ayinla reports For years, there have been agitations for gender balance and the need to tackle myriad challenges confronting women […]
Mrs Ifeoma Nzeh is a small farmer in Agungwu village, Ugwuoba, Oji-River Local Government Area of Enugu State who feeds her family and sells some of her produce to pay her children’s school fees. This had been the practice for ages with Nzeh paying for many of needs in the village through this small enterprise. […]
A New Zealand sex worker will receive a six-figure payout after filing a sexual harassment case against a business owner. The sum is part of a settlement to compensate the woman for “emotional harm and lost earnings”, said the human rights body that represented her. The case served as a reminder that all workers […]
It took 18 years of patronising all manner of persons in the medical industry. They were seeking for children of theirs, became objects of ridicule by their friends, neighbours and villagers. But today, Ikechukwu Ugwumba of Ezi Oti, Unwanna, Afikpo, in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and wife, Happiness, are now rejoicing. […]
The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) held its first hybrid and 43rd Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference with the theme: ‘Gender-Based Violence: A Silent Pandemic’, and sub-themes for discussion on ‘Medical Practice in COVID-19 Era and Beyond, COVID-19 and the Well-being of Women and Children and Achieving Financial Independence while Saving Lives’, last […]