Women
I had never considered the choice of motherhood being anything but my own. I had never been told I might not have a choice in the matter, that my body might be incapable of it or that I might want it and never have it. What did that feel like? Especially for a lot of women who hinged their sense of self on the ability to procreate? Until that point, the other girls and I had been separated from the women who wanted to use the eggs; they had seemed like rich faceless people whom we knew would someday carry offspring from our eggs. But what were their struggles? What led them to the clinic? How long had they searched for children?
I was not pondering motherhood on the afternoon of Friday, November 6, 2020; I was…
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A strictly women’s gym in the capital city, Abuja which prioritizes safety, privacy, and consent even within a touch centric industry is making more women comfortable to work out.
In Uganda, women are forming fishing groups for safety and protection. The widely male dominated…
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Passed in 2014, the controversial law which primarily targeted women criminalized any activity deemed pornographic,…
Kampala, Uganda — Minority Africa. WHO recommends that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the…
I introduced formula milk to my second son’s diet when he was five months old.…