This is a follow up from my last post on the emerging field of health law and policy in Nigeria. While surfing through the web in search of new legal articles, I came upon some of N.I. Aniekwu's papers. Nkolika Ijeoma Aniekwu is a lecturer at the department of public law, University of Benin. While I did not take any of her courses in my undergraduate days at the University of Benin, I was nonetheless interested in her writings. She is one of several firm voices in the reproductive and sexual health debate in Nigeria. She brings in a legal insight into otherwise highly medicalized issues. I have a link to one of her pieces below. It makes an interesting reading:
Legalizing Cairo: Prospects and Opportunities for Reproductive Rights in Nigeria
by N.I. Aniekwu
Until quite recently, many Nigerians considered reproductive and sexual rights as issues for discussion only by pro-abortion and liberal feminist groups! Considering the typical African traditional values and societal norms generally associated with female sexuality, and in view of the fact that many viewed reproduction and sexual practices as very private issues, it was more or less seen as 'taboo' to advocate reproductive rights ...
Full Article:
http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/bulletin1_06/page49-51-aniekwu.pdf
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