Armed conflict, insecurity, and attitudes toward women's and girls' reproductive autonomy in Nigeria

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ID4591460
AutoresSigne Svallfor (0000-0002-8413-1731, Karolinska Institutet, autor correspondente), Karin Båge (0000-0002-6793-441X, Karolinska Institutet), Anna Mia Ekström (0000-0002-3912-1171, Karolinska Institutet), Kelly Elimian (0000-0003-2729-1613, Karolinska Institutet), Ezra Gayawan (0000-0001-7702-4586, Federal University of Technology), Helena Litorp (0000-0001-7164-598X, Karolinska Institutet), Anna Kågesten (0000-0002-5458-8319, Karolinska Institutet)
Ano2024
Volume348
Páginas116777
Data de publicação2024-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116777
PMID38569280
OpenAlexW4393236728
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas54

Our findings suggest that conflict and insecurity pose a threat to, but also facilitate opportunities for, women's and girls' reproductive autonomy. Contraception, abortion, early marriage, and postponement or childbearing may be perceived as risk-aversion strategies in response to mortality threats, livelihood losses, and conflict-driven sexual violence. Our findings foreshadow changes in fertility and relationship patterns in conflict-affected Nigeria and highlight the need for health programming to ensure access to contraception and safe abortion services

Abortion · Autonomy · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Marital status · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Sociology · Demography · Health and Conflict Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology