For young Nigerian women You deserve a life where you consistently flourish. A life where you navigate hurt and utilise tools that bring peace and enjoyment. We exist to remind you of this, and to walk beside you as you claim it.
women struggle with their mental health — mostly in silence.
is how often you have to face it alone — and that’s why Uwam is here.
Uwam The name
Our lives are ours. Our minds are ours. And yet so many of us have been taught to pour ourselves out for everyone else first — our families, our jobs, our communities — leaving nothing for the woman looking back at us in the mirror.
“Taking responsibility for your own life is the deepest form of self-respect and the foundation of flourishing.”
Uwam invites you back to yourself. To the truth that your mental health matters, your emotional wellbeing deserves tending, your relationships deserve to be healthy, and your burnout deserves to be addressed.
Ayatutu ka uno?
What we do
Uwam is a sisterhood built specifically for Nigerian women to access resources, community and connection that helps them thrive.
Tools, strategies, lessons to flourish
Strategies backed by research in Psychology and Neuroscience to help you live your best life — and stories about women just like you, so you feel less alone.
Inclusive community to connect
Physical and virtual events, hangouts, workshops and peer-support groups, so you connect with other women to trade knowledge and empathy.
Help for your mental health needs
We’re building a comprehensive directory of mental health facilities and practitioners, so no woman struggles to find the care she needs.
Uwam Care Finder
Finding the help you need should be easy. We’re documenting mental health facilities, clinics, and helplines across Nigeria, enabling you to search in one place and compare prices, locations, and mode of delivery.
The sisterhood
Every woman who finds her way to Uwam is already doing something brave. She is choosing to look inward — and we love to see it.
Why we exist
Women are twice as likely as men to experience depression, and 56% of women with depression go untreated, according to WHA.
Mental health struggles are still deeply stigmatised in many Nigerian communities. Seeking help can feel like a betrayal, a weakness, or something to be ashamed of. We reject that entirely. There is nothing weak about wanting to feel better.
Where do I even start? How do I find the help I need? Can I afford therapy? These questions are overwhelming. This is why the database we’re building matters — so every woman finds the care she needs.
Women are holding families together, navigating discriminating and toxic workplaces, complicated relationships, and impossible societal standards. Uwam wants you to have the right tools to come out on top.
“The first act of self-care is believing you are worth caring for.”
A note from our founder
Uwam Sometime in 2025, I noticed a number of my female friends were struggling with their mental health. They felt terrible about themselves, about their relationships, their bodies, their finances, and more — which was causing them to struggle to be productive and do the things that needed to get done.
I went through similar periods too.
The difference though, was that I had spent a year in therapy at the time and had fallen in love with neuropsychology, so I had tools and strategies to shield me from these experiences, and in the instance that my defence was breached, I also had tools to fight back. My girls didn’t. Neither did most of the women I saw on social media.
This became a pressing need on my heart; building a solution that helps women thrive daily. A solution that shows women how to care for their mental health and connects them to the professional help they may need.
And so, Uwam was birthed. Uwam means my own in Tiv, which serves to remind each of us that our lives and our mental health are ours — if we don’t care and prioritize them, we open ourselves up to needless suffering.
I am neither a psychotherapist nor a counsellor. I won’t pretend to have all the answers, but I can always connect you with those that do.
So stick around and gather the tools you need to thrive!
Dodoo Founder, Uwam 2026
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