PAVE For Girls Project: Empowering And Amplifying The Voices Of The Girl Child Copy
One of the most formative years in a girl’s life occurs during adolescence. From girlhood to womanhood, primary to secondary, and tertiary, and from education to family life, it’s a time of many transitions. There are a number of issues that girls face during this time, they include; increased levels of gender-based violence and abuse […]
HACEY Health Donates Treated Nets, Blood Testing Machines to Kaduna IDP Camp
A non-governmental organisation, HACEY health, has donated treated mosquito nets, blood sugar and blood measuring machines to internally displaced persons camp (IDP) in Kafanchan, Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The donations were made during a medical outreach by the organisation to mark the World Health Day. The IDPs were also offered free medical […]
Stakeholders Charged to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation in Osun
Civil society organisations, Non-governmental organisations, government workers and media practitioners in Osun State have been charged to advocate for the eradication of female genital mutilation (FGM) and cutting, in the state. Circumcision of girls became illegal and punishable under Section 335, the Criminal Code of Osun State which stated that any person who is guilty […]
Drug Addition: Consequence and Management
The longer an addiction lasts, the more stress and strain it puts on the individual. There is an overwhelming number of long-term physical and emotional effects that addiction can have that can easily turn a healthy man or woman into a frail shadow of their former self. Addiction is frequently intertwined with other mental health […]
Intensify Campaign Against FGM, Group Urges Journalists
A Non-Governmental Organization, HACEY Health Initiative, has urged journalists and media practitioners to intensify their campaigns against practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Ekiti State. The one-day advocacy workshop held with media practitioners on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, was centered against the prevalence and perpetrators of FGM in the state. Speaking, the convener, Miss Nifemi […]
Female Genital Mutilation: The Secret Pains of Women
Twenty Million.According to Unicef, this is the number of women and girls in Nigeria who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). While Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is not exactly taboo in this country, the practice is so common that it is not differentiated from other medical procedures.