There is widely understood knowledge of the socially-entrenched and legally-enforced system of violence against women in Africa. However, what is rarely acknowledged is that at the basis of this phenomenon exists a patriarchal system that survives through the enforcement of gender norms and the enactment of violence against persons who pose a threat to it. …
The Centre for Health Education and Vulnerable Support (CHEVS) is pleased to invite applications for participants to the first cohort of her Empowerment Programme for LGBTQ+ youth known as the TECH4PRIDE FELLOWSHIP. The Tech4Pride Fellowship is aimed at improving the economic independence of LGBTQ+ youth by imparting in them the knowledge and necessary skills that …
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The Centre for Health Education & Vulnerable Support (CHEVS) is a youth-led organisation that focuses on educating, empowering and improving young people of minority groups. The Tech4Pride program will focus on educating and empowering young persons living in Nigeria, from Novice to Intermediates, ushering them an opportunity to kickstart a career in Tech, for a …
The Centre for Health Education and Vulnerable Support (CHEVS) is proud to announce her inaugural training and empowerment programme targeted at improving the financial independence of LGBTQI+ youths living in Nigeria, by leveraging on the burgeoning tech ecosystem. Our goal is to have more young LGBTQ+ individuals occupy the knowledge economy. Tech is becoming a …
Asanka Media Fellowship is a week-long communication training initiative of Center for Health Education and Vulnerable Support (CHEVS) under her TECH4PRIDE program. This initiative is set to improve digital literacy, branding and advocacy for youth-led organizations and young activists in Nigeria, by empowering them with digital skills for online advocacy and organizational development. Under this …
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Since January 2014, when the event of the passing into law the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act changed the realities of queer Nigerians, as a community and as individuals, we have undergone different definitions on how to survive in this society that persistently targets us. We have known fear. We have felt anger. We have …
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Growing up, I have never been a fan of the idea of pregnancy. It was more about me being scared of the idea of having something inside me for so long, something restrictive, tiring and fragile. The rate of maternal mortality made it worse. Or maybe it was because I did not trust my body …
I was 16 when I had my first abortion. I was a fresher in the university and dating a 30-year-old man I met in a WhatsApp group. He lived in another city, so I would travel to spend days with him and we would have sex. We always had protected sex, except the one time …
Abortion had always been strange to me, maybe because I was young and never really thought I would get pregnant. Or maybe because the only times I heard about abortion when I was growing up was when my mother would say to me, “If you ever get pregnant and abort it, you will die.” Abortion …
ABORTION DIARIES: The Older Man Took And Took From Me Read More »
