by WARDC | Aug 31, 2019 | Blog, Sexual & reproductive health, Violence Against Women
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by WARDC | Aug 1, 2019 | Sexual & reproductive health, Violence Against Women
Gender activist, Prof Patricia Donli has described as disturbing the prevalence of gender-based violence such as sexual abuse and rape in most tertiary institutions as well as the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps. Prof Donli disclosed this at one-day training...
by WARDC | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, Sexual & reproductive health
The Executive Director, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), Dr. Abiola Afolabi, has said the reduction at 547 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in Nigeria still remains unacceptably high. Speaking in Abuja at a roundtable discussion on...
by WARDC | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog, Sexual & reproductive health
Worried by the reoccurring cases of maternal infant mortality, the government has been called upon to find a lasting solution to the scourge. This call was came at a media briefing organised by Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) and Centre for...
by WARDC | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog, Sexual & reproductive health
A new report presented by the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) and Centre for Reproductive Rights (CRR) have flayed widespread detention of women who cannot pay medical bills upon delivery. The report also indicated that the Federal Government...