Meet the Women
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Hajara
Abuja, Nigeria
After getting married in 2020, Hajara began experiencing intense menstrual discomfort and irregularities that disrupted her daily life and stole her sense of well being.
Fatima
Kano, Nigeria
At just thirteen years old, Fatima trusted a teacher who promised to help her transfer to a school closer to home…Instead of helping her, he drugged and sexually abused her.
Halima
Abuja, Nigeria
Halima has walked a painful path; years of infertility, repeated hospital visits, painful medical procedures, and irregular menstruation that has left her body weary and her heart heavy.
Mary
Abuja, Nigeria
Mary Amos stays at an IDP camp and is a hardworking woman who has supported her family through small businesses. She used ₦5,000 to start selling soup ingredients.
Halima
Borno, Nigeria
Halima Bukar started a small business selling charcoal and coolant with ₦5,000. She uses the income to support her family and to buy exercise books for her children.
Hajara
Kano, Nigeria
Hajara stopped school at Class 3 and was married at 15. She has seven children, six in school, and faces challenges like poverty, school fees, and transportation.
Hafsat
Niger, Nigeria
Hafsat has endured years of marital instability, community stigma, infertility struggles, forced abortion, medical complications, and financial hardship.
Maryam
Abuja, Nigeria
Born with one leg longer than the other, Maryam's condition was a challenge she learned to navigate from a young age.
Christiana
Kaduna, Nigeria
Christiana is a resilient woman from Kaduna State, whose journey reflects strength in the face of life’s unexpected challenges.
Maryam
Abuja, Nigeria
Her daughter lost her husband, leaving Maryam to support her daughter and grandchildren. She struggles to support them through school.
Ruth
Maiduguri, Nigeria
Ruth dreamed of working, of building something of her own, contributing to her household, and finding purpose beyond the walls of her home.
Ramatu
Abuja, Nigeria
For twenty-six years, Ramatu has walked the path of marriage not always an easy one, but one she has carried with grace and unwavering commitment. She raised her husband's son.
Zainab
Kaduna, Nigeria
For forty years, since she was just twenty years old, Zainab has been braiding hair. Her hands have woven countless styles, each braid a testament to her skill, her patience.
Jummai
Abuja, Nigeria
Jummai became disabled at 10. She moved to Abuja to make hair and build a life, found love, and married, yet still faces mockery and discrimination.
Patience
Abuja, Nigeria
Patience grew up isolated because of her disability. Years of discrimination limited her confidence and opportunities, even stopping her from pursuing her dream of working in a hospital.
Hannah
Abuja, Nigeria
Hannah was a carpenter working in a male-dominated field in FCT. She died young, leaving behind two children. Financial support would help her mother and sister care for the children she left behind.
Janet
Abuja, Nigeria
Janet from Abuja has faced years of infertility, fibroid complications, marital pressure, start her business, and complete proper fertility tests to restore stability and hope.
Talatu
Abuja, NIgeria
Forced from her home by circumstances beyond her control, Talatu now lives in displacement, but she has refused to let that displacement define her.