Thread by @thegirdlengr

TO SAVE NIGERIAN WOMEN🤰🏽
Nigeria's estimated annual 40, 000 maternal deaths account for 14% of the global total.
However, Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) @ReproRights - a global legal advocacy organization that seeks to advance reproductive rights - has reached a significant

milestone in their effort to hold Nigeria accountable for its high number of maternal death when the African Commission on Human and People's Rights agreed to hear their maternal mortality complaint against the country.
Brought by the Centre and its local partners, this is the

first time the Commission has agreed to hear a maternal health or reproductive rights case.
Though Nigeria is the richest county in Africa, it has one of the world's worst maternal mortality rates.
Their case argues that the Nigerian Govt has control over the factors causing the

deaths, and that by failing to address them, the Govt has violated its human rights obligations.
Since the Commission is charged with ensuring that Africa comply with human rights obligations, its decision in this case will impact the rights of women/girls throughout the region.