Toyin Saraki Named In Thought Catalog 7 Unsung Heroes

Date: 2016-12-08

Las week Tuesday , Toyin Saraki was named as one of Thought Catalog's 7 Unsung Heroes To Remember Heading Into 2017 written by Daniel Myrick. Mrs. Saraki was recognised for her global work in health, gender equality and clean water sanitation. Daniel Myrick wrote: " People like Toyin Saraki are few and far between trying to alter the balance of power."

The 7 Unsung Heroes also includes Jamaican Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson and historical figures such as the Swedish Humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg who gave protected passports during the Holocaust.

Daniel Myrick honors Mrs. Saraki with a description of her work and accomplishments:

"In the United States, we think of issues from our own experiences and confusing laws. But we hardly have it bad compared to civil rights and women's health access of third world nations where people are even more often treated like commodities. From these locales come the real unsung heroes. People like Toyin Saraki are few and far between trying to alter the balance of power. Toyin is a healthcare advocate in Nigeria, where she founded Wellbeing Foundation Africa. The group focuses on health, gender equality and clean water and sanitation services.

"Throughout history, women's health was never a political issue and really only started midway through the 1800s. In 1899, abortion was made illegal in the United States. The backlash from the opposition was fierce and immediate. By the 1960s, there were some inroads to women regaining political control of their own bodies. Still, a large part of society has come to believe that they can tell others how to take care of themselves."

The complicating factor making this a legal and political issue is that different people have different levels of ability to understand, making things like informed consent rely on what patients are told. At the same time, people should appreciate that there are strong, educated and confident women that know exactly what they need and want for their own health but are forbidden from doing it because of overly oppressive health care. Unrelenting educators like Toyin Saraki give this critical power back to the poor people who have been robbed of it."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yekeen Alabi     Saka Isau     COVID-19 Palliatives     Shettima     Fatai Olodo     Raymond Olaitan     Magaji Erubu     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Oke-Oyi     Dorcas Afeniforo     Saka Adeyemo     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Aliyu Muhammed     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Sebastine Obasi     Sango-UITH Road     Gobir Organization Foundation     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Student Learning Support Helpline     Mufti Of Ilorin     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Jawondo     Abdullahi Atanda     SDP     Kayode Zubair     Isiaka Gold     Irepodun     Dauda Adesola     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Abdulazeez Arowona     Tayo Alao     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Olabimpe Olani     LAK Jimoh     Ilorin Central Mosque     Fatimat Saliu     Daud Adeshola     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Shagari     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Rachael Obisesan     Oko Erin     Al-Adaby     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     First Lady     Aso-ofi     Kwara Poly     Adedeji Onimago     Kulende-UITH     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Modibo Kawu     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Monsurat Omotosho     Folorunsho Erubu     Ilota     Halimat Yusuf     Hassan A. Saliu     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Saka Abimbola Isau     Muhammad Yahya     IFK     Federal Polytechnic Offa     TVC Female National Debate     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Adijat Adebiyi     Amosa     Fulani     Seed Technologies     AGF Abdulrazaq     Nurudeen Mohammed     Danhawa     Aliyu Kora Sabi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sa\'adu Salau     Awwal Jawondo     Sobi Hill     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ajike People Support Centre     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Face Masks     Kamaldeen Gambari     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Elelu     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Magaji Are     Saka Adeyemo     Orire     Prince Bola Ajibola     Saad Omo Iya     Sunset Workers     Makama Of Kaiama     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     MINILS     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Adeniyi Ojo     Lanre Badmus     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Yunus Oniboki     Adeleke Ogungbe     Kola Ologbondiyan     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Olaitan Adefila     Rotimi Atere     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Muhammadu Gobir     Elesie Of Esie     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ibrahim Abiodun     Azeez Salawu     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Convocation Ceremonies     Michael Nzwekwe     Oke-Ogun     Sango-UITH Road     Oko-Erin     Aso Ofi     Sunday Otokiti     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Folashade Omoniyi     Gani Saadu     Principal Private Secretary     Tunde Kazeem     Eleyele     Mujtabah Bature     Jimoh Bashir     Kuliyan Geri     Bashirat Bola Bello     Abubakar B.M     Shero     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Musibau Akanji     Chief Imam Of Offa     Ghali Muhammed     CCB     Earlyon Technologies     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Forgo Battery     Teachers Specific Allowance     Olawuyi     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Donatus Ejidike     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Fola Consultant     Sarah Jubril     Kolawole Bashirat