Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria
Copious literature exists on how COVID-19 is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the world. Not much is known about the case of Nigeria. Using secondary data in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as insights from web searches, this paper explores the impact of...
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| description | Copious literature exists on how COVID-19 is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the world. Not much is known about the case of Nigeria. Using secondary data in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as insights from web searches, this paper explores the impact of measures such as lockdown, closure of schools, travel bans, and social distancing on the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in Nigeria. The impact varies between urban and rural dwellers amidst pre-existing patriarchal norms and severe health care deficiencies and limited access for people and worse for women and girls with needs. Decision-making about family planning, contraceptive use, safe delivery, antenatal care, prenatal care and treatment of victims of rape which have been mainly areas in which men’s power has been demonstrated in the past only got worse with pandemic-related lockdown and restrictions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6034834a42c44dadb9ffa738ce9239da2022-12-21T23:18:24ZengUTS ePRESSCosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal1837-53912021-07-0113210.5130/ccs.v13.i2.7549Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in NigeriaFidelis AllenCopious literature exists on how COVID-19 is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the world. Not much is known about the case of Nigeria. Using secondary data in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as insights from web searches, this paper explores the impact of measures such as lockdown, closure of schools, travel bans, and social distancing on the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in Nigeria. The impact varies between urban and rural dwellers amidst pre-existing patriarchal norms and severe health care deficiencies and limited access for people and worse for women and girls with needs. Decision-making about family planning, contraceptive use, safe delivery, antenatal care, prenatal care and treatment of victims of rape which have been mainly areas in which men’s power has been demonstrated in the past only got worse with pandemic-related lockdown and restrictions.http://10.44.17.51:8080/index.php/mcs/article/view/7549Covid-19Womensexual and reproductive healthNigeria |
| spellingShingle | Fidelis Allen Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Covid-19 Women sexual and reproductive health Nigeria |
| title | Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria |
| title_full | Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria |
| title_short | Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria |
| title_sort | covid 19 and sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in nigeria |
| topic | Covid-19 Women sexual and reproductive health Nigeria |
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