Nigeria – Abortion: Seeking exceptions to the Global Gag Rule

By The Rainbow
Aug 13, 2020

Nana, 14, wakes up petrified. It is 5:30 a.m. She was supposed to be up by 4:00 a.m., but was deep asleep and did not hear her angry aunt howling for hot water to bath with.

Though scared, she slowly and quietly walks into the kitchen, greeted her aunt, but the response was discomforting.

“Are you just waking up?'' Mrs. Alfred growled. “I am sorry,'' Nana muttered, shaking.

Continued: https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/290739/abortion-seeking-exceptions-to-the-global-gag-rule.html

Nigeria – Stakeholders call for more efforts on women’s sexual, reproductive health

By Nyisom Fiyigon Dore
July 26, 2020

Stakeholders at a Media Training for Journalists in Keffi, Nasarawa State, on Sunday called for collective efforts in promoting women’s sexual and reproductive health due to rising sexual violence in the country.

The ongoing three-day workshop on women’s sexual and reproductive health, organised by IPAS, an international NGO, is also aimed at studying the Global Gag Rule (GGR), and its implications and consequences on the health of the Nigerian woman.

Continued: https://naija247news.com/2020/07/26/stakeholders-call-for-more-efforts-on-womens-sexual-reproductive-health/#.Xx3Vf-d7lPY

26.07.2020