By Sam Oditah
Aug. 13, 2020
Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, a facilitator at an Ipas-organised workshop for journalists, says the US Global Gag Rule (GGR) has the potential to increase the rate of unsafe abortions in Nigeria and other developing nations across the world.
Akiyode-Afolabi’s said this on Thursday, while delivering a lecture on the “Exceptions in the GGR and its implications for Women and Girls in Nigeria” at a three-day workshop in Owerri.
By Bridget Chiedu Onochie, Abuja
09 August 2020
In the wake of incessant cases of rape across the country, experts in reproductive health and rights have urged Nigerian media to embark on enlightenment campaign that will address high death rates arising from unsafe abortions.
The call was made recently at a three-day media capacity building workshop on women’s reproductive health and rights.
By Ojoma Akor
Aug 3, 2020
Experts have called for a review of the restrictive abortion laws in Nigeria to protect women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights.
They made the call at the weekend during a training for journalists on the Global Gag Rule and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Keffi, Nasarawa state.
Continued: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigeria-urged-to-review-abortion-laws.html
On July 26, 2020
Hundreds of Nigerian women die every day of complications arising from unsafe abortions, an international NGO, Ipas, says.
Country Director of Ipas (Nigeria), Mr Lucky Palmer, said this on Sunday at a three-day “Media Training for Journalists on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights/Global Gag Rule’’, in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Continued: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/07/death-from-unsafe-abortions-increasing-in-nigeria-ipas/
July 16, 2020
Martins Ifijeh
Speaking during a webinar organised by the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists, Nigeria recently to commemorate this year’s World Population Day, the experts said the COVID-19 lockdown prevented many women and girls from accessing family planning services.
Sharing his thoughts, the former Country Director, Ipas Nigeria, Dr. Ejike Oji, said some women who became pregnant during the lockdown and have had the number of children of their choice, would resort to unsafe abortion, adding that young girls caught up in the same scenario may end up with unsafe abortion.
Nigeria: 2,000 Nigerian Women Die Annually of Unsafe Abortion - Gynaecologist
By Urowayino Warami
18 June 2019
No fewer than 2,000 Nigerian women die of unsafe abortion annually with Northeast recording highest rate, says Dr Christopher Lamai, Head of Department, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.
Lamai made the disclosure at the capacity building workshop for journalist on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (WSRHR) organized by Ipas Nigeria, an international NGO on Tuesday in Gombe.
184 Nigerian women die everyday due to unsafe abortions
By Charles Akpeji -
Feb 15, 2019
No fewer than 184 Nigeria women die daily as a result of unsafe abortion.
The leadership of IPAS who made this known at a training workshop organized for media practitioners on capacity building on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, said 67.000 women die annually from unsafe abortion in the country.
Continued: https://naija247news.com/2019/02/15/184-nigerian-women-die-everyday-due-to-unsafe-abortions/
Nigeria loses 10,000 women yearly to unsafe abortion
Published February 9, 2019
Justin Tyopuusu
A non-governmental organisation, Ipas Nigeria, has said the country loses no fewer than 10, 000 women annually as a result of unsafe abortions.
The Country Director, Hauwa Shekarau, who made this disclosure on Friday at a three-day event on capacity building for media practitioners on women’s sexual reproductive health and rights in Gombe State, called for a robust advocacy to reduce unsafe abortions in the country.
Continued: https://punchng.com/nigeria-loses-10000-women-yearly-to-unsafe-abortion/
World Contraception Day: Body Calls on Stakeholders to Make Access to Modern Contraception Easy
Sept 26, 2018
A body made up of journalists, the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN), a key advocacy stakeholder has called on government and other stakeholders to join hands in closing the wide gap of access to all forms of modern method of contraception.
In a press statement to mark the World Contraception Day 2018, the network said the promotion of safe, accessible modern family planning methods at this point in time in Nigeria, is therefore very crucial towards achieving the global goal of Family Planning by 2020 (FP2020) and the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Mortality: Minister urges stakeholders to reduce maternal mortality in the country
By Regina Onyegbula
30 June 2018
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has stressed the need for all stakeholders to continuously work towards improving women's health, saying this will reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the country.
Adewole made the call on Friday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the end of the project tagged: "Preventing Maternal Deaths from Unwanted Pregnancy" (PMDUP).
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