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Aisha Mo’hd Kazaure is the prinicpal of a new midwifery school in Jigawa State in northern Nigeria. With support from UK aid and the local government, she’s set up the state’s very first midwifery programme.
June 6, 2019

Religion and Widowhood in Nigeria

In Africa, where widowhood and divorce are common and the rights of women are mostly conditional on marriage, changes in marital status are likely to influence the success of policies aimed at empowering women. 

Dominique van de Walle

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