The #MeToo movement, which initially started in 2006 and gained more ground in 2017, has given more people the courage and support to speak up against...
In most parts of the world, the first and probably only kind of sex education many children receive is from those awkward biology classes on reproduction...
For our #BellaNaijaWCW feature this week, we shine the spotlight on Simi Olusola, the Founder/Executive Director of Aspilos Foundation, a youth led non-profit using technology &...
For its first-ever TV and Virtual event, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced on-air personality and one of Africa’s biggest social influencers, Toke Makinwa as...
Sexual violence continues to be a part of our daily reality. News headlines every day feature some man taking advantage of a woman or a little...
Sexual and gender-based violence has been happening for a very long time, in and out of Nigeria. Most victims stay silent, giving room for perpetrators to...
On Monday, March 9, the inspiring Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi was in the UK, attending the Commonwealth Day service, where she bore the Commonwealth flag. She returned to...
Poverty and cultural norms, like early marriage, contribute a great deal to this huge problem and with Nigeria having the highest number of child brides in...
Stand to End Rape (STER) Initiative opens the second edition of it’s HERE Campaign This edition of the HERE Campaign is holding in partnership with Alliance...
Once one party says no or changes their mind in any way, all sexual activity should cease immediately; not in five minutes or two seconds, but...
Major! A classic representation of “The Future is Female & African”! Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, founder of Stand to End Rape – S.T.E.R Initiative was on Wednesday,...
It is widely known that women are the most vulnerable when it comes to rape. Based on statistics, more women tend to report cases of sexual...
In a scene from a Yoruba movie titled Ko S’orogun – No Rival (Produced in 2002, directed by Wemimo Olu Paul) a woman’s financial and sexual patron...
“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...
This month is the Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the theme for this year is ‘Embrace Your Voice’. In this vein, BellaNaija stands with survivors of...
Recently, on social media, there has been some debate on whether ladies who visit the houses of men are calling for sex. This debate just saddens...
In Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman wrote, “Many survivors seek the resolution of their traumatic experience within the confines of their personal lives. But a significant...
The topic of sexual assault and rape is one that never gets old. However, if you’ve paid any attention to social media in the past few...
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