Women's reproductive rights in Nigeria : a shadow report
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE LAW AND POLICY (CRLP)
WOMEN'S CENTRE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (WOPED)
June 1998
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This report is intended to supplement the report of the government of Nigeria to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This report focuses particularly on reproductive rights, laws and policies related to reproductive rights, and the realities affecting women's reproductive rights in Nigeria. The report seeks to bring the human rights dimensions of health issues to the attention of bodies monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Women's Convention). The report links various fundamental reproductive rights issues to the relevant provisions of the Women's Convention