It’s the International Women’s Day today! Congratulations to all the women out there. In Nigeria, and in Africa, we know how difficult it can be to...
Leyla underwent Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at just seven years old. Till this day, the trauma caused by her experience still haunts her even in her...
“26-year-old Mariam’s story is one of many stories of women left with the psychological torture of FGM. ‘I blame my mother’ she says, ‘she should have...
Somaliland has issued a “fatwa” (religious edict) banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), paving the way for the breakaway region to pass legislation against the harmful practice....
The Lagos state first lady Bolanle Ambode has expressed optimism that Female Genital Mutilation could be stamped out of Africa by 2030. To mark the International Day of...
At BN HQ, we started the year fully pumped to lend our voices to things we are passionate about. While we love to remain behind the...
A few days ago BellaNaija received a disturbing email about a man, Alhaji Adebayo, in Ilorin offering a bonanza to parents, to cut the genitals of...
Perhaps one of the characteristics of a developing nation is the battling of challenges that may seem archaic to a more informed population. While organisations like...
Gender roles have made female subjugation a cultural universal. A cultural universal is a trait or element different human societies (cultures) have in common. Most cultures...
Superstar actress, producer and screenwriter Funke Akindele Bello has pledged to join the UNICEF cause against the practice of female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria and Africa...
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested three local barbers who cut off a teen bride’s genital in a bid to “solve the problem” of...
After Kaltume Ibrahim Mai-Kaji from Sabuwar Kaura village in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State got married to her husband Aminu Ali in 2013 at the...
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