Background: In September 2015, nearly two and half years ago, the Heads of States and Governments of the 193 member States of the United Nation met in New York, USA and adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development of humanity, pledging to ‘leave no one behind’. While acknowledging the tremendous progress made towards the realisation of the human rights of women,... Read More
Background: There have been recent outcries regarding civic participation of young adults and women. This led to the formation of all kinds of coalitions and networks. There is widespread call for more youth involvement in party politics leading to the passage of the Not-too-young-to run Act in May 2018.On the other hand, women’s rights activists observed how the effort to... Read More
A Day at INCRESE is often marked with experience-sharing mingled with sighs and laughter. For us at INCRESE, it is the diversity of experiences that young people have outside our premises, either in their communities, work places or schools that excite us and spur us on. Their courage to take our feminist activism to the conservative nooks and crannies of... Read More
On average INCRESE graduates 100 young people from a one year course on leadership, sexuality, gender and HIV. Over the years INCRESE has recognized that these young people require some mentoring and has put a support system in place where young graduates can be mentored by older graduates. This system brings the alumni annually to spend “A DAY AT INCRESE”. The... Read More
Supermodels: Tosan Dudun and Ronke by Abu Salami Photography (2018). By Amatesiro Dore Someone told my father I would be sold into slavery and freed by a Prince but nobody told me. Now this man that married me told everyone I was a virgin as though he does not know I’d been raped several times. How can a man more beautiful than... Read More
Ellis Island, 1998: Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Aken'Ova beneath the Statue of Liberty. By Amatesiro Dore I Shadow Report “The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny,” Wole Soyinka, ’86 Nobel Laureate. It was the summer of ’98. At the United Nations Plaza in New York, the Nigerian Minister of Women’s Affairs led the official government delegation to present the combined... Read More
May 2017: Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Aken'Ova with her youngest, Adel, at 10. By Amatesiro Dore I Of what use is talent and passion if there are no opportunities and resources to implement proposals, carry out interventions and cause a positive change? Gbagyi United, December 28, 2017: Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Aken'Ova with her nephew and pioneer INCRESE volunteer, Jeffrey Nuhu, at the Playsure Lounge & Event... Read More
Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Aken'Ova and Françoise Girard, the Current President of the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) at an AMANITARE event; Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria; 2000. By Amatesiro Dore Destiny is a choice, a culmination of events, reactions and values that guide our souls towards a certain end. Nuhu’s daughter, Cesnabmihilo, would boast about her days of little beginnings: filling her hungry stomach... Read More
George Aken'Ova and Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Nuhu at Caen, France, in 1984. By Amatesiro Dore The harsh winter of Caen, north-western France, drove Dorothy [Miss Cesnabmihilo Nuhu] back home. In her own words: it wasn’t conducive or palatable at all. Used to the scorching sun of Sokoto and Maiduguri, the refrigerating French cold compelled her return to A.B.U to complete her French... Read More
Cesnabmihilo Dorothy, and her younger sister, Beatrice [Nuhu] Yakubu, at Diko, Gurara LGA, Niger State; circa 1981. By Amatesiro Dore Introduction This is a story of a girl, an educated woman, allowed to dream and flourish. This is the story of an organization empowered to help, enabled to fight and dedicated to providing Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights information and services. This... Read More
