Lake Chad area are threatened, including those that serve as important sources of food for the local human population. Lake Chad Lake Chad (French: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the "Global Resource Information Database" of the United Nations Environment Programme, it shrank by as much as 95% from about 1963 to 1998, but "the 2007 (satellite) image shows significant improvement over previous years." Lake Chad is economically important, providing water to more than 30 million people living in the four countries surrounding it (Chad, Cameroon, Niger,
Nigeria her husband and domestic violence are common. Women have less land rights. Maternal mortality was at 814 per 100,000 live births in 2015. Female genital mutilation is common. In 2015, there was a federal ban. In Nigeria, at least half a million suffer from vaginal fistula, largely as a result of lack of medical care. Early marriages can result in fistula. Most workers in the informal sector are women. Nigeria The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria (), is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the