DOHS Podcast Series

In this final episode of the DOHS Podcast, the podcast host Ololade Ajayi and the technical partner Ahmed Hassan discuss the journey so far, highlighting the wins achieved and the challenges faced in Season 2 of the podcast. From the struggles of fundraising to the persuasion of survivors and the technicalities of podcast production.

After losing her father, Blessing, a teenage girl living in Osun, accepts her aunt's invitation to live with her in Lagos and attend school. Unfortunately, this was the beginning of her journey into a world of violence and abuse centered around the same aunt. WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In this episode, Kemi Bonuola, a legal practitioner who is passionate about advocating for women's right, joins the host of the DOHS Podcast Ololade Ajayi in the studio to speak on issues that make women stay in their abuse environment. WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

Bola narrates her ugly childhood sexual abuse experience with a cleric at her Islamic school, while she was around age 8 or 9. WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In commemoration of the UN's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation held every year on February 6, the host of the DOHS Podcast speaks extensively on the subject of female genital mutilation and why it is a threat to the rights and health of women and girls. WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

Dr Tolulope Olayiwola Adedoja, a PhD-holder in Counselling Psychology and a lecturer at the Department of Guidance and Counselling, Federal University Oye Ekiti, discusses the adverse and ugly effects of domestic violence on children with the host of the DOHS Podcast Ololade Ajayi. WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

Chioma narrates her traumatic marriage experience which began after 15-years of marriage when her husband brings home a 15-year old child from another woman he had impregnated and was intending on marrying. WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors. 

The DOHS Podcast's host Ololade Ajayi visits the Hope At Last Orphanage, an orphanage home in Lagos, along with a few advocacy organisations to celebrate Christmas with orphaned children, bearing gifts, food and other kind donations. 

In this episode of the DOHS Podcast, Loretta narrates how she was kicked out of home by her stepfather around the age of 20, exposing her to sexual abuse in the hands of a neighbour who took her into his house and ended up becoming her husband. But a very jealous and abusive one. WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In this episode, host of the DOHS Podcast Ololade Ajayi speaks about bibliotherapy and the activities of the DOHS Podcast on the set of Doing Family with Bunmi, a family talk show screening on African Entertainment TV (AETV).

Benita who is a victim and survivor of child abuse and neglect joins the host of the DOHS Podcast Ololade Ajayi on the show to discuss child abuse and neglect from her own personal experience.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

Oluwadamilola narrates her experience of seeking shelter away from domestic violence, while being pregnant. Her abuser was her partner whom she had cohabited with for several years and later conceived a child for.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

The host of the DOHS Podcast Ololade Ajayi discusses child rights and protection of vulnerable people with Mr Ebenezer Omejalile, the chief operating officer for the Advocates for Children and Vulnerable People's Network (ACVPN) Nigeria.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In the middle of the night, Victoria reaches out to Ololade to rescue her from another episode of violence meted on her by her husband. She narrates her long-suffering of domestic violence and gaslighting from her husband and his family members up till that night.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

The DOHS Podcast returns for another season. To start off this season of the podcast, Ololade Ajayi interviews Beatrice who is a DOHS Volunteer as well as a victim of sexual and gender-based violence.Beatrice shares how the husband she was married to 10-years ago abused her emotionally, economically and genetically, leaving her helpless trying to raise two sickle-celled children on her own.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In this final episode of season 1 of the DOHS Podcast, Ololade Ajayi welcomes the technical partner for the podcast Ahmed Hassan on the show to celebrate the progress made so far working on the podcast, highlight the prevailing challenges and discuss the next step forward.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

A single mother who has now remarried narrates how her new husband has been sexually-abusing her daughter since age 12, while also abusing her physically for speaking against his unpleasant actions towards her daughter.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In Episode 10 of the DOHS Podcast, Ololade Ajayi talks about domestic violence in an effort to increase awareness about the issue.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

A young married woman shares her experience escaping from domestic violence in the hands of her husband and in-laws, while trying not to leave her little daughter behind and confronting her abusers.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In this episode of the DOHS Podcast, Ololade Ajayi discusses HIV stigmatisation and its relationship to sexual and domestic violence with the guest Opeoluwa, a person living with HIV.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In a bid to increase awareness and educate people rightly on gender-based violence and how to manage it, the host and creator of the DOHS Podcast Ololade Ajayi discusses sexual violence with a focus on rape.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

A woman based in Lagos shares her experience of domestic violence in the hand of her partner, even during pregnancy.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

The guest on this episode of the DOHS Podcast, Dr. (Mrs.) Modupe Oye, a specialist in clinical counselling on adolescent reproductive health and a lecturer of public health, speaks about the effect of domestic violence on maternal and child health, as well as why victims choose to remain in their abuse environment.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

This episode of the DOHS Podcast features a young girl who suffered domestic violence in the hand of her great aunty's daughter until she was rescued by a human rights organisation and resettled in a temporary shelter.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

An 11-year old endangered girl child shares her story with Ololade Ajayi in this episode, highlighting how she watched her ailing mother suffer sexual violence in the hand of her step-father till she passed away.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

This episode is a special edition of the DOHS podcast. It is Ololade Ajayi's birthday edition, and she is the host and the guest at the same time, speaking about her Female Genital Mutilation experience. Tune in.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.

In this debut episode, Ololade Ajayi introduces the DOHS Podcast and discusses the significance of Bibliotherapy in helping women and girls who are survivors or victims of sexual and gender-based violence.WARNING: Listener discretion is advised. Content may include stories of sexual and gender-based violence from survivors [and endangered children], which some people may find upsetting and can be triggering for survivors.