Women

Women’s Health: Another Panacea For Sustainable Development

Published

9 years ago

November 7, 2014

It is an unusual imagi
nation to associate the woman’s health with development even of a country’s economy. Father from thinking as it seems, it is a fact that outside the good health of the woman, there is the threat of an unbalanced progression with development of a unit/family or nation moreso, with the sustained male dominance in the Nigerian system.
The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Rivers State Branch, at her just concluded 2014 Week/Pink walk, October with the theme The Role of Medical Women In Women’s Health for Sustainable Developemnt held at the Atlantic Hall, Hotel Presidential, last Monday, made it a point of discourse in creating the awareness and realization in the minds of all and sundry for a rethink and subsequent achievements of a sustainable health of the woman.
Speaking shortly after the opening ceremony, the Executive Secretary, Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board and Keynote speaker, Dame Dr Claribel Abam told The Tide’s Women’s Desk that the good health of the woman cannot be disassociated with the nation, maintaining that the failure of the former adversely affects the success of the latter.
Abam who was a pioneer member of the MWAN in the state said “it is obvious that the woman is the key that holds the family and the family units hold the nation’s economic development. It is the effect from the units that sustains the overall economy and so, if the woman in general is sick then there is a problem at the centre and this will affect the health of the nation in terms of growth and development.”
Revealing the motto of the association as ‘To heal with the love of a mother, Abam stated that the woman has as nature the ability to treat her children so dearly. Especially when they are sick, she strive to ensure that health is restored no matter what it takes, revealing that that was the exact function of the MWAN particularly as it affects the woman.
“Knowing the place of the woman in the home, community and nation at large, female medical doctors and particularly members of the MWAN are encouraged to treat their patients especially the women as a mother would treat her children. This will go a long way to helping us achieve what we clamour for.”
Abam who disclosed the roles of the MWAN to include working to promote the health of women, influencing government to implement policies that would positively affect the health of women among others recommended that the medical women/women doctors get involved in politics in order for their voices to be heard.
She said, “as a female medical doctor, you don’t just have to sit down there and talk and expect that it will be heard. Join politics. Get into policy making and influence policies that will affect the lives of women positively.
The secretary of the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, further stated that the MWAN in the state had been involved in various contributions to women’s health development, adding that it’s activities had been characterised by cancer awareness, Health promotion exercises and Medical School Health talks, revealing that this had earned the association a grant from Ford Foundation to implement Adolescent Friendly Health Services in Andoni Local Governemtn Area of the State with effect from this month.
Also, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker while declaring the occasion opened noted that the health of the woman is important for the smooth running of the home and society at large.
Represented by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary and another pioneer member of the MWAN, Dr Nnesochi Offor, Parker said ‘from statistics, more females enrolling into the medical school is a sign to show that the health of women and people of Nigeria will be greatly increased.I also commend MWAN for offering themselves as volunteers in the Isolation Centre in the fight against Ebola.”Earlier in her speech, the President-Elect of the Rivers State Branch of MWAN, Dr Rosemary Ogu outlined aims and objectives of the association to include providing opportunity for medical women to confer at regular intervals, discuss the health problems of the communities they serve and take collective action to alleviate and promote the well-being of the various communities as well as providng the forum for discusions and interchange of ideas with government, the public and international organizations on social and political problems that directly or indirectly affect the health of women and children in the country.
Ogu further called on other female medical doctors to join the MWAN in promoting the health of their fellow women in order for the economy to thrive.
As echoed by the MWAN in this weeklong celebration, it should be noted that the woman is the lifewire of the family and nation at large. It has therefore become imperative that the health of the woman become the priority of not only the female medical doctors, but husbands, children and the family at large, having in mind that this has a direct bearing on the health of the nation’s economy.

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Group photograph of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) and Nigeria Assocaition of Women Journalists

Women

The Wise Woman

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16 hours ago

April 26, 2024

The Tide

The wise woman builds her home. Mothers are supposed to live exemplary lives. The roles of mothers in the building of the modern Christian home cannot be overemphasized.
The function of the mother is to help the man build the home. She is a helper. A helper to the husband when the man is not doing well. It is important for the wise woman to assist when the man is not able to meet up with the items needed in the home.
A wise woman needs to reference God first and then the husband. Also the wise woman should respect her husband.
Caring for her own children as well as others is very crucial.
Do not despise children from other mothers. Discipline the child who is going the wrong way.
Ensure family bonding, show love and don’t discriminate. Connection with children is very important, especially the females. Find out who is her friend. Also find out the kind of lives they live. Caution, counsel and guide so that they make good partners.
Teaching children the dos and donts should start from birth. Inculcate the word of God in them so that when they grow, will not depart from it.
From the Scripture, some women influenced their families positively. Virgin Mary influenced the world, she never destroyed herself hence she gave birth to Jesus Christ.
Elizabeth, despite her age, God blessed her as she waited patiently.
A wise should curb favouritism in the family and love children equally. Whether a child is your biological child or not, it is necessary to show love equally. Reprimanding the children should be the function of both man and wife.

Women

The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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16 hours ago

April 26, 2024

The Tide

Marriage is beautiful when there is love. Before and after marriage, couples show love to themselves. But you discover that after some years, that same love turn to be something else. A lot of people start going through emotional trauma in the hands of their loved spouses.
There are many things the woman desires to keep the love on as far as marriage is concerned.
Women are blesssed with feminine abilities that can be used for good in husbands lives. With your abilities, you can create a marriage that will last till couples get old.
A woman needs
man that is honest, trustworthy, nice, loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, if there is no reasonable finance, it is always difficult to manage the home.
Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3: “Your desire shall be unto you…….. “
What this means is that whatever the woman desires in life shall be provided as far as she performs her role in her home. There are many things the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy, at least helping to do one or two things when he is at home.
A man that is educated and intelligent so that they will transfer such traits to their children.
Knowing that there are traits that her husband has, traits of taking care of people, giving freely to people and caring for her family. She expects him to exhibit them.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family, remembering his family even as he is away from home.
No matter where he finds himself, he is not destracted by external influence. He returns home to his loved ones.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.
According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that a woman builds her home. As far as he rreturns home, you accept him as your own.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit. Don’t be a monitoring spirit. Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband. The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.
You can show some form of jealousy, but to an extent. Cooperation, respect and being honoured from time to time is what the woman desires.
The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man. A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

Women

The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

Published

3 weeks ago

April 5, 2024

The Tide

A woman needs a man that is honest, trustworthy, nice, loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, If there is no money, it is always difficult.

Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3:Your desire shall be unto you……..
That is one aspect the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy, at least helping to do one or two things. A man that is educated and intelligent.
She knows that there is a trait that her husband has. Traits of taking care of people, giving freely to people and caring for her family.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family, remembering his family even as he is away from home.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.

According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that the women builds her home.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit. Don’t be a monitoring spirit. Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband.
The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.

The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man. A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.