Prolific make-believe queen, Stephanie Okereke Idahosa, has started shooting her new movie titled: Dry.
The sexy screen goddess wants to use the movie to campaign against Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF), which is common among women and
girls in the Northern part of Nigeria.
According to her, "this is a cause I am very passionate about. I have been to the North and other parts of the country, and I have seen how this health issue defies normal living for girls and women of different ages.
"I have decided to share their stories through Dry. It journeys into the heart-wrenching details of a culture not too many films dare to explore.
"The issue might be controversial, but if it will set one girl free and open the minds of the people, and also encourage different bodies and individuals to take action, then the movie would have served its purpose."
VVF is a term given to an abnormal fistulous tract in women and girls that causes leakage of urine through the vagina. It is rampant in the North because young girls from the age of 11 are forced into early marriage leading to adolescent pregnancy, which carries extra health risks to the young mothers such as VVF. VVF is caused by a cut in their vagina during labour as a result of their small pelvis.
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