Enduring in Silence: How Nigerian Female Students Pay an Academic Price for Menstrual Pain

By Maryam Umar The CBT centre at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) was crowded and humid when Fatimah Umar(Pseudonym), a 400 level student of the university arrived for her examination. She clutched her stomach trying to stand up straight, despite the sharp, persistent pain radiating through her lower abdomen–the kind that announces itself every month […]