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How a defiant single mum is surviving pandemic poverty

"Women are not giving up, they are going step by step to create a foundation for themselves," said Bukola Onyishi.
Bukola Onyishi, country director for Nigeria, explains how WfWI’s empowerment programs help women like Harriet 'find their voices.'

It's a trap that millions of women in the least developed countries in the world find themselves in - as the forgotten victims of coronavirus. In Northern Nigeria, 75% of women say their earnings have been reduced by the pandemic and a quarter say they no longer earn and are concerned about feeding their children, charity Women for Women told ITV News.