Nigerian womans' right to reproductive autonomy

El derecho a la autonomía reproductiva en mujeres nigerianas

This paper examines African womens rights to bodily and reproductive health, as stated in the International Conference on Population and Development and Beijing's Women's Convention. A womans right to reproductive autonomy is often impaired by her status in the Nigerian society.

This paper offers a "women-centered" framework for understanding these rights, which include, rights to life, freedom, health care and information, and nondiscrimination in the allocation of resources of health, and finally, rights to security of the female person. The paper concludes by suggesting various ways to curb systemic violations of the varied forms of women's rights in Africa.