In many African societies, a premium is placed on having biological children as proof of fertility. Couples unable to reproduce sometimes “harvest” babies from “baby factory” a term coined by the Nigerian media as a subset of child trafficking. Existing literature have examined baby factory practices and its causes with little attention paid to the gender context of the media reportage. This study, therefore, investigated the gender nuances in the print media reportage of baby factory in southeastern Nigeria and the responses of journalists toward the phenomenon.
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