Category: Data

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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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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…

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…