Rape Survivor Created the Mental Health Resources She Needed

When Hauwa Ojeifo sat down in 2015 to write a blog about the devastating experiences that she and other women had faced and the mental trauma that followed, she never anticipated it would be anything more than a writing outlet. 

But five years later, Ojeifo, 28, managed to transform that blog, She Writes Woman, into a women-led organization helping to promote mental health in Nigeria through confidential and accessible helplines, teletherapy and virtual support groups.

"Doing this work, it's tough. It requires some level of discipline and doggedness, and a certain kind of fire that burns in you every single day."