https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518792252
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
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Original Research
Sexual Violence–Related
Pregnancy Among
Internally Displaced
Women in an Internally
Displaced Persons Camp
in Northeast Nigeria
Olusola Oladeji,
1
Bibilola Oladeji,
2
Dick Chamla,
3
Garba Safiyanu,
4
Sule Mele,
5
Helni Mshelia,
5
and John Agbor
6
Abstract
Sexual violence is quite common in conflict situations and puts women at risk
of unintended pregnancies. In the northeast region of Nigeria with the ongoing
insurgency, a substantial number of women are kidnapped and subjected to
forced marriages and repeated sexual assaults. This study set out to report on
the disclosure and outcomes of sexual violence–related pregnancies (SVRPs)
among women liberated from insurgents and relocated to one of largest
Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps located in Borno State, northeast
Nigeria. The clinic records of women with SVRP were reviewed. Forty-
seven women with SVRP were identified by the health care providers using
a snowball technique to reach as many of the women with SVRP as possible.
The mean age of the participants was 15.3 years (SD = 3.4 years), and all
1
UNICEF South Sudan, Juba, South Sudan
2
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
3
UNICEF Headquarter, New York, NY, USA
4
UNICEF Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
5
Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Maiduguri, Nigeria
6
UNICEF Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
Corresponding Author:
Olusola Oladeji, UNICEF South Sudan, Country Office, Juba, South Sudan.
Email: ooladeji@unicef.org
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