Abiba Nibaradun was just three years old when she lost her mother. She was raised by a distant relative in the Upper West region of Ghana and eventually completed her first degree aged 26.
Something changed for Nibaradun when she began working in education and for NGOs. She observed that in group settings women rarely spoke, even when decisions would impact them directly. But when she met them individually, these same women confided in her. They told her how they were forced to marry at a young age and of their experiences of intimate partner violence.
Nibaradun’s motivation was ignited
