Married at 15, 17-year-old Zulfatu Yahaya from Jigawa State has had three miscarriages. This is because she believes in traditional healing, herbs and roots. “I
Whenever Sada* talks to young girls her age or younger, they are most fascinated by the fact that she wants to be a plumber. Because
17-year-old Maimuna Salihu is pregnant. This isn’t an isolated occurrence in Andaza, Jigawa State, Northwest of Nigeria. What might be uncommon is how she is
My name is Hana Markos, and I’m 19 years old. I’m a member of Kemisie’s VSLA at Teza Gereba Kebele in Kedida Gamela District, Central
Once upon a time in the quiet community of Rugan Kasuwa, nestled within the Karu Local Government Area in Nasarawa state Nigeria lived 18-year-old Zuwaira
Zainab Abdullahi’s husband wasn’t the open-minded type. He was not much older than Zainab, who was eighteen years old and five months pregnant. In their
Bilki Lawan. Married at 16, pregnant at 19, and now a full-time housewife in the Ringim Local Government Area, Jigawa state, Nigeria. Her husband, like
BIZUNESH TAYE -16 years Bizunesh’s dream is to buy a car. Nothing too extravagant; maybe something blue in colour, with a small stereo in it
BIRTKUWAN ANULO – 18 years For Birtkuwan, it all boils down to saving. And to save you must be ready to deny yourself. At 18
WUBE BELETE – 18 years Wube knows a thing or two about living with your in-laws. She, at 18, attended school but couldn’t proceed past
TAMENECH AYELE – 19 years Tamenech Ayele and Ayele Tusa live in a small rented house with their one-year-old baby. During the day the house
TOLA – 17 years When she turned 17 years old, Tola’s body started behaving like it belonged to someone else. First, her menstrual cycle became
IBIKUNLE OLAITAN – 15 years More than anything, she remembers the excruciating labour. The peeling blue paint of the hospital’s walls. She recalls the deadness
HABIBA FULANI- 19 years “My first impression of the program was that it was a complete waste of time,” Habiba, 19, says of the day
MAIJIDDA DANAZUMI -19 years Everything passes through the husband. That’s one of the wisdom of being married in her community, Maijidda Danazumi, 19 years old
ANASTASIA MURUNGU – 18 years It was the dimples on the boy; two craters filled with temptations. At 15, Anastasia fell for Baraka who sent
LUDIA OCHIENG -19 years Ludia and Patrick Ochieng live in a modest one-roomed mudhouse in Suna West, Migori County as man and wife. She’s 19,
EMILY AWUOR -19 years We don’t have to own 200 panties to be clean!” Those words blare from a screechy microphone from a facilitator talking