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Toyin Saraki Among 7 #unsungheroes Heading Into 2017 by petecoolboy: 12:04pm On Nov 30, 2016
Toyin Saraki, wife of Senate President Bukola Saraki has been listed as one of the 7 unsung heroes of 2016 heading into the coming year.

The list which was compiled by New York based magazine Thought Catalog, a site with 25 million monthly unique visitors and one of the top 100 most visited websites in the U.S., contains the names of people who have put community before self and furthered the cause of humanity in the face of current global challenges.

Toyin Saraki was recognised for her contribution to improved healthcare across Africa through her Wellbeing Foundation Africa.

Speaking about Toyin, the Magazine said, “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.”

Other persons profiled on the list include Maurice Hilleman (1919-2005), Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1950s), Ralph Lazo (1924-1992), George Jackson (1941-1971), Elaine Thompson (1992-Present) and Joe Bell (1964-2013).

Re: Toyin Saraki Among 7 #unsungheroes Heading Into 2017 by afanide: 12:05pm On Nov 30, 2016
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