Tag: womens-health
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Preparing for Your First Gynaecological Visit as a Muslim Woman
By Fareedah Agberemi As a Muslim woman, your first gynaecological appointment can feel daunting, especially when balancing medical care with your cultural and religious values. You may have specific concerns about modesty, privacy, and finding a healthcare provider who respects this, and the way your faith shapes your life. You are not alone. Many women…
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What is Sexual and Reproductive Health?
By Ubaidah Adeoye The 4th International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994, recognised the reproductive and sexual needs and rights of individuals and called for universal access to sexual and reproductive health services by 2015. Although progress has been made since then, sexual and reproductive ill health remains a leading…
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Are Period Pains Normal?
A couple of weeks ago, Nigerian Twitter was awash with women tweeting their experiences with period pain. At the time, I did a Twitter thread here that got a lot of engagements over several days, but I always meant to write a more comprehensive post on the topic, as part of a new series I…
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