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Title: | Gender, sexual reproductive health and the law in Nigeria |
Authors: | Ashiru, M.O.A. Opadere, Olaolu S. |
Year: | 2012 |
Periodical: | East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights (ISSN 1021-8858) |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 202-226 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | women's health reproductive health marriage law legislation women's rights children's rights female circumcision abortion |
Abstract: | The rights of Nigerian women to sexual and reproductive health, particularly during their reproductive years, are examined in relation to gender-biased, cultural and traditional beliefs pertaining to child marriage, female circumcision, unwanted pregnancies, and abortion. The authors also consider existing international and regional laws on reproductive health, and the way in which Nigeria has adopted these laws with a view to meeting relevant Millennium Development Goals. It is concluded that: (1) there is an urgent need for all States of the Nigerian federation to adopt the Child's Rights Act (2003), without amending the age at which a child attains majority (set at 18 years in the said act); (2) female genital mutilation must be stopped; (3) abortion is liberalized to allow unwanted pregnancies to be ended if so desired. Notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |