First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria United Nations 31 May 2021, 22:21 GMT+10 When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced to live with her abuser, who continued to attack her. Now, a UN-backed initiative is giving her, and others in similar situations, a chance to become financially independent, and start new lives. "When my family discovered I was pregnant, they told me to go to live with the father of my unborn child, but instead of going there, I started sleeping in an empty building, where I began hawking sac...