Maternity Grief: Women's Protection Is A National Concern

Last week, a Twitter user by the name of Lolo Cynthia, shared a story of how her friend, a new mum, dropped off her 3-month old child at the crèche as she went to work. She would return later that day to pick up her child's dead body.

This sparked a lengthy debate online as some people criticised the grieving mother for entrusting her infant with a daycare, others pointed out that the unfortunate occurrence was just one of the many ways that society is unkind to women.

As we observe this year's International Women's Month this March, Nigeria's mere three months maternity leave law is something worth discussing. But nobody was doing that on social media as the majority's fixation was neither on the crèche nor the kid's father, whose existence was never brought up, but on the grieving mother. Here are some reactions to the tragedy.