08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day 2025!
Appreciate the women in your life today and everyday πππΎ
An organisation which aims to raise awareness for issues affecting women from Africa and the diaspora and empower them to take control of their health.
08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day 2025!
Appreciate the women in your life today and everyday πππΎ
29/02/2024
Pleased to announce that Obirin Africa will be represented at the United Nations Women UK Commission on the Status of Women for a second year at CSW 68 during Women's History Month.
Our founder Dr Antonia Egbujor will be representing Obirin Africa at CSW 68 which is taking place 11th-22nd March 2024.
This year's priority theme is 'Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective'.
Thank you very much to for organising such an amazing meeting πΊπ³
Stay tuned to see all of the updates from the meeting our social media!
19/01/2024
Excited to announce that Obirin Africa will be represented at the United Nations Women UK Commission on the Status of Women 67 (CSW 67) during Women's History Month.
Our founder Dr Antonia Ashaye will be a delegate at the CSW 67 taking place 6th-17th March 2023.
The primary theme of the meeting this year is Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender
equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
Thank you for organising such an amazing meeting πΊπ³
Stay tuned to see all of the updates from the meeting our social media!
Excited to introduce an updated health education page on the Obirin Africa website ππ
Each month we will be covering a new women's health topic, starting with sexual health
You can visit our website now at: www.obirinafrica.com/healtheducation
25/12/2021
Happy holidays to you and your loved ones.
We hope that you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year π π
On 1st April we had our first outreach event in Agbowa, Lagos, Nigeria. We made over 60 bags for the widowed women of Home of God's Grace. Each bag contained a reusable face mask, a pack on sanitary products, hand sanitiser and a small cash donation to each woman.
Thank you so much to everyone who donated towards the Obirin Africa Outreach ππΎ
18/04/2021
We joined the team at Ingress Health Clinic to speak to people in the local community and encourage them to engage with health professionals for services such as breast and cervical cancer screening and family planning services among others.
We donated some Obirin Africa bags to the health clinic.
Thank you to Dr Orode Doherty and the whole Ingress Health Partners team (). And thank you to everyone who donated ππΎ
Obirin Africa Bag Preparation
08/03/2021
Celebrating all women today on International Women's Day. As an organisation we hope to uplift and encourage black women from Africa and the Diaspora. We stand against gender bias and all other forms of inequality.
22/01/2021
1 DAY TO GO!! π
Join us tomorrow for a free and interactive event created to provide a platform to discuss issues which affect black women.
We have some excellent speakers who will be doing talks on topics such as black women and childbirth, cancer screening and mental health.
We will be joined by the following speakers:
Antonia Ashaye, Founder of Obirin Africa
Dr Remi Mogekwu and Dr Jennifer Owusu, Obstetrics & Gynaecology doctors and founders of Chat Her Box
Dr Aziza Sesay, GP and Founder of Talks With Dr Sesay
Mrs Kemi Olowe, Breast Cancer Survivor, Public Speaker and Fertility and Cancer Awareness Advocate
Fisayo, Psychologist and Founder of Mind2Talk
We hope to see you there!
Event details
DATE π
: Saturday 23rd January 2021
TIME π: 9AM-11:30AM
Meeting ID: 850 0735 5131
Password: 350747
18/01/2021
Join us for a free and interactive event created to provide a platform to discuss issues which affect black women.
We will be joined by the following speakers:
Antonia Ashaye, Founder of Obirin Africa
Dr Remi Mogekwu and Dr Jennifer Owusu, Obstetrics & Gynaecology doctors and founders of Chat Her Box
Dr Aziza Sesay, GP and Founder of Talks With Dr Sesay
Mrs Kemi Olowe, Breast Cancer Survivor, Public Speaker and Fertility and Cancer Awareness Advocate
Fisayo, Psychologist and Founder of Mind2Talk
We hope to see you there!
Event details
DATE π
: Saturday 23rd January 2021
TIME π: 9AM-11:30AM
Link to register: www.obirinafrica.com/events (also found in our Instagram bio)