Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence Volume 4 | Issue 2 Article 2 March 2019 "Baby Factories": Exploitation of Women in Southern Nigeria Jacinta Chiamaka Nwaka University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria,
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[email protected]. "Baby Factories": Exploitation of Women in Southern Nigeria Abstract Despite the writings of feminist thinkers and efforts of other advocates of feminism to change the dominant narratives on women, exploitation of women is a fact that has remained endemic in various parts of the world, and particularly in Africa.