In the course of the Last Mile Reach campaign on stopping Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), we found that proponents of the act will do their best to sustain the culture, despite the negative effects they’ve learned. A man was asking if FGM affects menstrual cycle and sperm retainment, during our outreach at Oranyan market, but his voice was […]
FGM complications could be death
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), comes with consequences that include severe pain and bleeding, shock, difficulty in passing urine, infections, injury to nearby genital tissue and sometimes death, due to excessive bleeding or deadly infections. Unfortunately, many people still think ending FGM should not be so. During our outreach at Old Waso market in Ogbomoso, one […]
‘EndFGM’ Campaign: 4 things we learnt at Oke-Ado Market, Ibadan, Nigeria
Still as part of our use of market media to sensitize Oyo state residents on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), we were at Oke Ado Market in Ibadan South Local Government Area of Oyo State. Oke Ado is known to be the former home of Western Nigeria’s Premier, the late Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo. For us, […]