THE MAKING OF A LIFE
“Children are from God”, says the couple with a large family. “She won’t give me a son”, says the father with an all-female child. “If you can’t give my son a child, I will bring him a new wife”. Says the mother whose son’s marriage has no child. These trio realities pose the question, “Who […]
Motherhood And Its Cost
The cycle of an average African woman’s life ends in motherhood. As a girl, you’re to grow, get educated (whatever form), mature, marry, and voila! Make babies. You’re a fulfilled woman only when you start having and training children. How funny right? Motherhood is a unique journey peculiar to every woman differently. But one thing […]
Let All Employers Make It Normal For Mothers To Breastfeed At Work
The annual World Breastfeeding Week is usually marked on August 1-7. This week aims at creating awareness on the enormous benefits of breastfeeding to the welfare and health of babies. This is in addition to a bigger drive for maternal health focused on food security, good nutrition and poverty reduction. This year’s theme is “Empower […]
Upping The Game Or Quitting Your Job – Tales Of A Career Woman
Going back to work after maternity leave is pretty much a drag. Depending on how much time you get, you could be leaving a two or six month old (or older) at home. You’re really just getting to know each other, after all. Leaving your baby with a care provider can feel very daunting and is quite different from leaving […]
The Marketing Code Of Breast Milk Substitute – What Our Mothers Do Not Know
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised the alarm over the continued violation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, BMS and national regulations by manufacturers of BMS products even as the agency warned that violators of the Code would be jailed for a period of two years […]
The Pain Of Seeing Your Mother Beg To Feed
“I don’t like to talk about it but I got into an accident when I was three years old… I remember we were still living on the streets…. My mother was drinking with her friends, and she didn’t watch out for me. I was running and playing and then I got hit by a car…. […]
If You Can’t Ask Him How He Manages To Be A Father, A Successful BusinessMan, Don’t Ask Her!
As an entrepreneur, a mother and a member of the oft-discussed millennial generation, I feel I’m being positively pummeled with expectations, joys, demands, judgments and revelations. With too little time and more goals than I can count, I often feel overwhelmed. Yet, despite the dizzying whir of business and life, I feel absolutely certain about a […]
Meet The Unheralded Women Who Saved Mothers’ Lives And Delivered Babies Before Modern Medicine
The first time Onnie Lee Logan witnessed a birth she was but nine years old, peering through a crack in the wall as her mother delivered her nephew. She said that her mother would have killed her if she’d known Onnie was watching, but Onnie couldn’t tear her gaze from the scene. “I didn’t actually […]
Career & Motherhood: Ways to Make It Work
“I’m just afraid I’m not doing enough as a mother—and maybe I’m not even doing it right at all.” A young working mom, her eyes misty and tired from little sleep, quietly shared that with me. And I’ve had a version of this conversation with too many women recently. But I’ve been there, too. To […]
Motherhood Made Me An Entrepreneur
As a parent of younger children, I felt the intense pressures and emotions tied to keeping everything running smoothly both at home and in the office. Though I managed, it felt crazy. I tried every possible work schedule. There seemed to be no good solutions out there—until my co-founder Siva and I founded Kango, an […]
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