Nigeria – Group calls for review of abortion law to save women

Group calls for review of abortion law to save women

January 24, 2020
By Joe Chukindi

Ipas, an international organisation that champions the reproductive health and rights of women has called on the federal government to consider a review of the restrictive laws on Abortion, saying that the law is costing women their lives in large number in the country.

The interim country’s Director of Ipas, Mr Lucky Palmer stated this on Thursday in Owerri, Imo State, during a training workshop organised by the organisation for journalists in Anambra and Abia States.

Continued: https://dailypost.ng/2020/01/24/group-calls-for-review-of-abortion-law-to-save-women/

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Violence against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act

Nigeria – Maternal Health: IPAS Wants All States To Domesticate VAPP Act

Maternal Health: IPAS Wants All States To Domesticate VAPP Act

20/03/2019
Posted by: Editor

A global Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Ipas, on Wednesday called on all state governments to domesticate the Violence against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act to reduce maternal mortality rate in the country.

The Country Director of Ipas, Hauwa Shekarau, made the appeal at the Ipas Nigeria ongoing annual Providers Network Conference with the theme: “Improving Collaboration among Providers’’ in Gombe.

Continued: https://www.africaprimenews.com/2019/03/20/health/maternal-health-ipas-wants-all-states-to-domesticate-vapp-act/

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