Challenges and Prospects of Litigating Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women in Nigeria: Lessons from Comparative Foreign Jurisprudence

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A. Akintayo
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Available statistics revealed vulnerable and fragile conditions for women in Africa, including Nigeria. This is due to the persistent violation of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), maternal heath rights, choice of spouse and right to determine whether or not to have children and the numbers of children to have, access to contraceptives, etc. These rights are violated due to cultural norms, medical negligence, lack of access to social and economic resources, etc. If this condition is left to fester, Nigerian women may never attain their full potential and capabilities to develop because of the links that exist between sexual and reproductive health and rights and equality, empowerment, economic growth and development. There is, therefore, a need to strengthen this fragile condition through the effective implementation and enforcement of international, regional and national laws relating to SRHR. Rights litigation strategy is an acknowledged tool of empowerment and transformation in this regard. Consequently, this article examines SRHR of women in Nigeria, highlighting the challenges with litigating cases involving SRHR. Also, the article considers the prospects for litigation through a comparative study of selected jurisdictions in order to explore how they have engaged with similar situations and challenges of litigating SRHR and to identify lessons for Nigerian courts.
尼日利亚妇女性健康和生殖健康及权利诉讼的挑战和前景:来自比较外国法理学的教训
现有统计数据显示,包括尼日利亚在内的非洲妇女处境脆弱。这是由于她们的性健康和生殖健康及权利、产妇保健权利、选择配偶和决定是否生育和生育子女数目的权利、获得避孕药具的权利等持续受到侵犯。由于文化规范、医疗疏忽、无法获得社会和经济资源等原因,这些权利受到侵犯。如果这种情况继续恶化,尼日利亚妇女可能永远无法充分发挥其潜力和发展能力,因为性健康和生殖健康与权利和平等、增强权能、经济增长和发展之间存在着联系。因此,有必要通过有效实施和执行有关SRHR的国际、区域和国家法律来加强这一脆弱的状况。在这方面,权利诉讼战略是一种公认的赋权和转型工具。因此,本文考察了尼日利亚妇女的性别与生殖问题,强调了涉及性别与生殖问题的诉讼案件所面临的挑战。此外,本文通过对选定司法管辖区的比较研究来考虑诉讼的前景,以探讨它们如何处理类似的情况和诉讼SRHR的挑战,并为尼日利亚法院确定经验教训。
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