Ezinwa Okoroafor

Ezinwa Nwanyieze Okoroafor is a Nigerian legal practitioner. She served as the International Secretary of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA)in 2017.

Quotes

• I thought that it’s apt because each time a woman gives birth she puts her life on the line. Giving birth is a service to the nation and contribution to national development; so we don’t want a situation where a woman puts her life on the line because she wants to contribute to nation building and that’s why we are adopting this labour ward and FIDA is contributing in ensuring that every woman who gives birth as much as possible, the incidents of death arising from giving birth and other maternity issues are reduced.
  • Ezinwa spoke about intervention to giving birth Sun News
• When a woman is giving birth, she is helping to build the nation. She is contributing to national development. A woman should not pay the price with her life because she’s giving birth.”
  • Ezinwa talked about giving birth Guardian