Ugonna Agu

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Mineral washing site at JIB Quarters, Jos.

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Gbemisola Okotie is the last child in a family of seven. The 19-year-old who had been battling total blindness since 2014 said she did not have it easy when she lost her sight. “It was like a dream’ she explained. Her parents left her indoors for years before she was admitted into the Ondo State School for the Visually Impaired, in the city of Owo, Ondo State, South-west Nigeria.

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Photo Credit: Annie Spratt on unsplash.com Uduak Eyo, 37, breaks into sobs intermittently as she describes the pain and torture her husband put her through when she lost her job at an eatery. ‘The last eight months have been hell’ she says. ‘’He is constantly reminding me of how he made a mistake by getting married to me and leaving behind graduates that were rushing him’, she sobbed.

Sep 28, 2024 | awimnews.com | Ugonna Agu |African queer women |Nusaiba Ibrahim |Racheal Abata

Photo Credit: TopSphere Media on Unsplash  “I told my husband that I wanted to do family planning, he said no, that he is scared. I just took the decision and did it by myself”. 32-year-old Mrs. Ezinne, who has been exposed to the benefits of family planning, did not let her husband’s disapproval hinder her from accessing the procedure after her fourth child.