Period Stigma is Rape Culture: An interview with Karo Omu of Sanitary Aid for Nigerian Girls | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture

“Your whole life is a whole joke. There are jokes about girls getting stained, jokes about how girls behave and if you are always the brunt of the joke, you don’t feel you have a say in anything that concerns you.” Karo Omu doesn’t want to preach the ‘women can do anything’ narrative, she just... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

Karo Omu, Sanitary Aid Initiative

October 23, 2019

The YNaija top 10 influencers for October

For the first time, October’s ranking of YNaija’s influencers features a couple of established names. The fourth installment of Big Brother Naija has also produced an array of potentially huge players in the influencer landscape. Brands are now new smelling blood, snatching up who they can find to bridge the gap between them and their... Read More

Rankings

Bobrisky, Karo Omu, Swanky Jerry, Tacha, The YNaija top 10 influencers for October, Toolz Oniru and Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi

October 18, 2019

At long last, Karo Omu’s campaign to subsidize sanitary products has the government’s ear

Here at the YNaija Counter Culture blog, we have followed with keen interest the work that activist Karo Omu has done to highlight the steep tax that women and girls have to pay to have access to sanitary care. Sanitary products like tampons, diva cups and pads are expensive and often are considered luxury products... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Karo Omu

October 22, 2018

#PadGate: This is how Karo Omu was erased from a movement she helped pioneer

It all started with a resolute 2017 tweet from social media and brand specialist Karo Omu, after she learned that the prices of sanitary products were becoming increasingly unaffordable and could hinder underprivileged girls from accessing the essential commodity. Also, the tweet proved that crowd-funding on social media was effective, at least for a humanitarian... Read More

The Media Blog

Dr. Olufunmilayo, Karo Omu, PadGate, Sanitary Aid Initiative

March 22, 2018

Sanitary Aid for Nigerian Girls still needs your help

Recently the BBC Pidgin service interviewed Oghenekaro Omu, the 26 year old behind the Nigerian non-profit, Sanitary Aid for Nigerian girls. Omu began the non-profit in late 2016 after a conversation on impressed on her just how stacked against the average the Nigerian girl, basic sanitary hygiene is. So Omu did something about it, she... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Karo Omu, Sanitary Aid For Nigerian Girls