Nigerian women and contraceptives: study finds big gaps between the haves and the have-nots

By Obasanjo Bolarinwa, Senior lecturer, York St John University

Nigerian women who are wealthier, more educated and urban are more likely to use modern contraceptives than poorer, less educated and rural women. This is one of the findings of a study that assessed patterns of inequality in modern contraceptive use. This highlights persistent inequalities in access to family planning services. Obasanjo Bolarinwa, a global public health researcher, unpacks the findings.

What’s behind differences in contraceptive use in Nigeria?

I analysed data…

Read complete article

~	Why do our joints crack, pop and crunch and should we worry about it?

~	Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms

~	Not an artefact, but an ancestor: why a German university is returning a Māori taonga

~	A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before

~	Building with air – how nature’s hole-filled blueprints shape manufacturing

~	NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing

~	A human tendency to value expertise, not just sheer power, explains how some social hierarchies form

~	Certain brain injuries may be linked to violent crime – identifying them could help reveal how people make moral choices

~	Clergy protests against ICE turned to a classic – and powerful – American playlist

~	Federal power meets local resistance in Minneapolis – a case study in how federalism staves off authoritarianism