Toyin Saraki Named In Thought Catalog 7 Unsung Heroes
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.
Balogun-Ojomu National Broadcasting Commission Overland Mahmud Babatunde Baker Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange Ibrahim Bio Mary Arinde Kazeem Gbolagade Tunde Yusuf Isin Olofa Of Offa Post-utme Edret Sabi Abel Olukotun Of Ikotun KSIRS Abdulmajeed Abdullahi AGILE Programme Lanre Badmus Muhammed Abdullahi Hakeem Lawal Abegunde Goke Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye Razaq Ayobami Akanbi Segun Abifarin Kwara NIPR Timothy Akangbe Akeem Lawal Seed Technologies Ajia-Bako Kwara State Health Insurance Agency Medview Airlines Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen Bilikisu Oniyangi Abubakar Usman Jos David Oyerinola Adedunmoye Katibi Ibraheem Adeola Ahmed Mohammed Rifun State Bureau Of Internal Revenue Kwara State Council Of Chiefs Afeyin-Olukuta Abdulraheem Yusuf Tsado Manman Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited Kumbi Titilope Maryam Ado Bayero Saad Omo Iya Kola Shittu Alabe Abiodun Oyedepo Tsaragi Nurudeen Muhammed Ella Supreme Tissue Paper Samari Joseph Bamigboye Ajidagba Folashade Omoniyi Okin Group Babatunde Ishola Babaita Cornelius Adebayo Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Abdulrazaq Adebayo Mohammed Lawal Bagega Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Bolakale Ayo Assayomo Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran Iyeru Grammar School Harmony Holdings Maimunat Oniyangi Elerin Of Adanla Irese Rebecca Bake Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence Issa Memunat Moyosore Abdullah Janet Amudat Barakat Community Secondary School Ayo Adeyemi Salihu Alhaji Musa

