SOCIAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM DISABLED

 How Can Sexual And Reproductive Health Rights Be Enhanced For Young Girls & Women With Disabilities ? 

Women and girls are at particular risk when a region or country's social, health and other support systems collapse, exposing them to sexual violence, unwanted pregnancy, unsafe abortion, STIs (including HIV), and maternal illness and mortality.

The failure to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of girls and young women with disabilities often results in them being wrongly perceived as asexual.

              

“Girls with disabilities are often infantilised and robbed of the power they need to make decisions about their own lives,”.

Persons with disabilities face a myriad of demand and supply side barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare in Nigeria. Multilevel interventions are urgently needed to address these barriers.

These barriers are further categorised into five levels: broader national level barriers; healthcare system/institutional barriers; individual level barriers; community level barriers; and economic barriers.

Written and Edited by: Ihuoma Susan Kelechi

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Ihuoma Susan Kelechi holds a Bsc. Ed and PGD Genetic Counselling From The University Of Lagos. and OND, Computer Science From Yabatech, A polio survivor with seven years experience in the health and educational sector with the lagos state government. A proud voluntrk as Technical Advisor, various DPOs, and many activities under Jonapwd. She speaks fluently the three major Nigerian languages- Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. She aspires to include sign language in the coming days.

TEEN'S SEX

 Sexual reproductive health goes beyond sexual activities. It includes fertility, safety, rights, information, and decision-making concerning sex matters.

In our, society where the people are self-righteous(holier than thou), the topic "Sex" is perceived as taboo. It is an avoided discussion especially when children and teenagers are involved.

This has resulted in teenage pregnancies, STIs/STDs, unsafe abortions, regrets, and worse, Death. Do children and teenagers have access to sex education/information? Are they given the proper clarity and right answers to sex-related questions? They are usually given the wrong or incomplete information and would be forced to seek satisfactory responses elsewhere. This has exposed them to predators and wrong decisions. 

Sex, like a coin it has two sides; the positive and the negative sides. The negative side is what is shown to youngsters, they should be made to understand that sex is beautiful when it's safe and done by mature adults. It is the right of children/teenagers to proper sex education and information.

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  Muna Okoli is an Accountant. She is a child, teen, youth, women, and Anti-FGM advocate 

She is a community immunity ambassador and WLF ambassador (2020). She is the Abuja coordinator, The Girdle network, an active member, active youth advocacy initiative, and the President, Code Learn Nigeria.