The Voices
By Feminist Hub
In our informal conversations, we discuss emerging ideas, issues, and trends in the Women’s Right space to find new ways of improving our society.
By coming together in this space, we seek to re-examine the rooted culture of patriarchy and our communities. We aim to amplify voices that are crucial in this transformative process of achieving equality.
The VoicesJan 06, 2023
BREAST IRONING IN NIGERIA? How Local Women's Right Organisations are combating this harmful social cultural norm in communities.
One of the most underreported forms of violence against girls is Breast Ironing - also known as breast flattening- a cultural practice of flattening or crushing the breast of an adolescent girl to disguise the signs of development. In this episode, Anastasia Duru and Adenike Timipa-Uge discussed this menace and how Adenike is using her platform (Teenage Network) with the support of ActionAid Nigeria to curb the spread of Breast Ironing.
A GBV Story ..... CWEENS Impact
It is no longer news that the issues of Gender Based Violence and Abuse against women and girls have plagued our society, resulting to lack of safety and freedom for women and girls.
The time to speak up is now—Nigerian women's lives matter.
In this episode, Adeyinka and Toluwalase discussed with Mrs. Deborah Life Alegbemi, FCT State Coordinator, CWEENS on, the dominant factors of GBV and what impact the organization is making through the Women's Voice and Leadership Nigeria Project, funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC)