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By Nigeria Health Watch | October 11, 2023

Going Beyond Words to Make Bold Investments in Girls’ Right

Sunday Oko and Onyedikachi Ewe (Lead Writers) Editor’s note: Another International Day of the Girl, another reminder that we are still a long way from closing the gender equality gap. In this Thought Leadership article, Sunday Oko and Onyedikachi Ewe address how we can go “beyond words” to invest in girls’ rights for an equitable […]

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Girl Child Concerns Academy: Unleashing the Potential of Girls in Borno State

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 1, 2022

By Ibukun Oguntola and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) The boko haram insurgency has negatively impacted girl child education which is vital to any country’s growth. An organisation increasing access to education for the girl child in Borno State is plugging some of the gaps in the state’s education sector, ensuring that girls can exercise their […]

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Reclaiming Girlhood: Early Marriage a Challenging Public Health Dilemma in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 19, 2021

Bintu, (not her real name) was married off to a 49-year-old man in Dogon Daji village, Sokoto State in Northern Nigeria when she was 13. Bintu said she wanted to become a medical doctor before her father decided she would get married to a man thrice her age, who was a farmer. Bintu said her […]

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Hajia Fatima Muhammad – Working to improve the Lives of Women in Northern Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 17, 2015

Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world with 560 women dying for every 100,000 live births. Although there has been an improvement in the past decade, it still remains unacceptably high. The North East geopolitical zone has the highest maternal mortality rate of 1,549/100,000 live births, compared to 165/100,000 live […]

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