Category: Data
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Women Are Not Safe In Their Own Homes: A Global Concern
According to new UN data, the home, once a safe haven for women, has become one of the most dangerous places for them. In 2023, men intentionally killed 85,000 women and girls, with intimate relationships or family members responsible for 60% of these fatalities. This corresponds to roughly 140 women and girls dying every day.…
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Women, Children, And The Weight Of HIV/Aids In Nigeria
Every day in Nigeria, dozens of children are born with HIV—despite it being preventable. This highlights the ongoing burden of HIV/AIDS on women and children in the country since its first case was reported in 1985. In 2015, UNICEF estimated that three million people were living with HIV in Nigeria, including 190,950 new infections. This…
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How The Taliban’s Rule Is Leading To Increased Violence On Women In Afghanistan
The resurgence of the Taliban in 2021 has severely restricted the lives of women since their return. Girls are confined to their families and deprived of their prospects because secondary school is prohibited for them. Due to their inability to work in most fields, women are socially and economically oppressed. Women must now cover themselves…
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Femicide in Nigeria – October 2024
Just as the word explains itself, femicide is the killing of women for reasons other than their gender and is a widespread problem that plagues communities all over the world. These women are mostly targeted by their own families, partners and strangers and we are left to wonder if women will one day see a…
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Breast Cancer Prevalence in Nigeria: A Growing Concern
Breast cancer is a disease that affects millions of women around the world, but when we look closer, it becomes clear that the impact is far from evenly spread. Global estimates show glaring disparities in the incidence of breast cancer based on human development. For example, 1 in 12 women may receive a breast cancer…
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Sudan Crisis: Insights From an In-Depth Gender Assessment Report by Un Women
Image: Human Rights Watch
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Femicide in Nigeria – July and August 2024
Just as the word explains itself, femicide is the killing of women for reasons other than their gender and is a widespread problem that plagues communities all over the world. These women are mostly targeted by their own families, partners and strangers and we are left to wonder if women will one day see a…
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More Than a Friend: The Deadly Disregard for Maternal Health in Nigeria
The recent online controversy with men choosing to put friends before their spouses when they are giving birth highlights a pervasive social problem in Nigeria: how men have little regard for their pregnant spouses and don’t see childbirth as a life-or-death situation. This school of thought is quite insensitive and baffling considering the startlingly high…
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The Gendered Impact of the War in Gaza
It’s been ten months of continuous violence in Gaza and over 24,620 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, with women and children accounting for 70% of the total. According to UN Women, more than 1.9 million people, or 85 per cent of Gaza’s total population, have been displaced, including nearly a million women…