The African Journal of Reproductive Rights is a multidisciplinary and international journal that publishes original research, comprehensive review of articles and commentaries on reproductive rights and gender issues in Africa. The Journal strives to share findings on reproductive rights and gender issues and to disseminate innovative and relevant information on this discourse in the African continent and to serve as agents for advocating positive changes on these issues in Africa.

The African Journal of Reproductive rights is a novel publication of the Network for Justice and Democracy (a duly registered and internationally recognized non government organization) dedicated to promoting and defending reproductive rights and gender equality through research, education and advocacy.

The Journal is a scholarly journal which aims to encourage indepth researches into reproductive rights in Africa and globally by providing a rich forum for scholarship and to monitor issues on reproductive rights and gender equality in the region.

To achieve this aim, the Journal adopts a broad based and multi -disciplinary approach to issues on gender and reproductive rights.

Contributors to the Journal are expected to focus on sexual and reproductive rights,

Women’s rights, Gender discrimination, gender equality, gender violence, gender empowerment, maternity rights, harmful traditional practices, international legal frameworks on reproductive rights and related issues.

1. Professor M. Olu Adediran LL.B (Hons) BL; LLM; Ph.d (Law) Formerly Dean, Faculty of Law Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria and presently Acting Vice Chancellor, Benson Idahosa University Ugbor, Benin City.
2. Professor M. T. Ladan, (Professor of Law) Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
3. Mrs. O.A. Odiase Alegimenlen Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
4. Olaide Gbadamosi Esq. LL.B (Hons); LL.M; B.L; ACIArb; MCIM; MCIPS Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Arbitrator and Lecturer, Faculty of Law Benson Idahosa University Benin City, Nigeria.
5. Dr. Bramwell A. Akongbowa B.Sc; MPA; MBA; NNA; MEPE; Ph.d.
6. Dr. O. O. Obayuwana B.Sc; JSD, B.L

All papers submitted must be the original work of the author, and not have been reproduced elsewhere. Papers should be fully referenced and sourced, with full acknowledgments to cited materials. Papers can be submitted in English and should be between 12 and 5 pages with double line spacing (this limit does not include footnotes or endnotes). Any accepted publication will receive an honorarium.

Articles will be carefully selected by the peer review committee on the following criteria of academic merit:

Quality of content

Quality of writing

Originality,

Objectivity

Verifiability (references etc).

Published papers are edited for style and language, and fact-checked for accuracy where possible selected papers will be featured in the journal and the website of the NGO- website (www.justiceanddemocracy.org) with the intention of framing and encouraging rich debates on the chosen issues.

Disclaimer. The views and opinions set forth in the articles that appear in the Journal unless otherwise indicated, are solely and exclusively those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Network for Justice and Democracy.

Submissions either in hard copies or electronic copies should be addressed to:

The Editor,

African Journal of Reproductive Rights

Network for Justice and Democracy

P.O. Box 286, No. 42, Mission Road, Benin City, Nigeria

Email njd_ngo@yahoo.com; olaidelaw@yahoo.com.

Acknowledgements will be duly sent to all contributors, Authors are entitled to complimentary copy containing their articles.