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Parental marital status and peer influence as corelates of teenage pregnancy among female teens in south-South Nigeria 父母婚姻状况和同伴影响是尼日利亚南南女性青少年怀孕的相关因素

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72186

F. Ugoji

引用次数: 12

Gender bias and citizenship rights to political participation in Nigeria : challenges for democratic consolidation and economic development 尼日利亚的性别偏见和公民参政权利:巩固民主和经济发展的挑战

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72191

Hussainatu Abdullahi, Yahya Zakari Abdullahi

{"title":"Gender bias and citizenship rights to political participation in Nigeria : challenges for democratic consolidation and economic development","authors":"Hussainatu Abdullahi, Yahya Zakari Abdullahi","doi":"10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72191","url":null,"abstract":"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) provides that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity”. The Nigerian Constitution (1999) affirms this. However, in Nigeria, women do not enjoy equal rights and priviledges as men (Sow, 1994, cited in Isma’il, 2006). This has resulted into policies and programmes failing to address the feminine dimension of poverty. Women’s impoverished condition has generated serious global concern especially following the Beijing Conference of 1995. The aim of this paper therefore is to examine the issue of gender equity and citizenship rights to political participation and the challenges for democratic consolidation and economic development. The methodological approach used in writing this paper is content analysis. The paper observes that gender bias in any society creates serious constraint to democratic consolidation, and hence derails rapid economic growth and development. The need to urgently address the factors creating these challenges, like moral, social, economic, ethnocentric and religious, etc, issues through the adoption of the principle of proportional and rotational representation of both genders by all political parties has become highly imperative, in addition to abhorring the culture of masculine dominated policies and programmes.","PeriodicalId":308310,"journal":{"name":"Gender and behaviour","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115350877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Articulating cultures : socio-cultural experiences of Black female immigrant students in South African schools 衔接文化:南非学校黑人女移民学生的社会文化经验

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72190

S. Vandeyar, Thirusellvan Vandeyar

引用次数: 7

Skill acquisition, capacity building and women economic empowerment: a case study of Women Education Center, Birnin Kebbi 技能习得、能力建设和妇女经济赋权:以Birnin Kebbi妇女教育中心为例

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72170

SK Danjuma, UM Hussaini, NM Gatawa

{"title":"Skill acquisition, capacity building and women economic empowerment: a case study of Women Education Center, Birnin Kebbi","authors":"SK Danjuma, UM Hussaini, NM Gatawa","doi":"10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72170","url":null,"abstract":"Lack of vocational training has been considered as the bane of the economy of many African countries particularly Nigeria. The indispensable role of women in any development process calls for eradication of gender related barriers and women empowerment at all levels. This study examined the impact of skill acquisition and capacity building on women economic empowerment with reference to the activities of Women Education Center Birnin Kebbi. A sample of 225 respondents was selected from a population of 452 graduates due to time and cost constraints. A descriptive survey was conducted using a structured interview. Two null hypotheses stated were tested using spearman rank correlation coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is a low positive correlation between skill acquisition and women economic empowerment and a high positive correlation between capacity building and women economic empowerment. However, while the relationship between skill acquisition and women economic empowerment was not significant, the relationship between capacity building and women economic empowerment was significant. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government should invest more on human capital development particularly on women, increase expenditure on instructional materials and infrastructural facilities at vocational training centers, improve by assisting trainees with capital to start business. Finally, women should be allowed by their guardians to learn functional skills to improve their economic status and avail themselves the opportunity offered by government to get functional skills. This will go a long way in attaining the MDGs.","PeriodicalId":308310,"journal":{"name":"Gender and behaviour","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114079655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 15

Youth contract of some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Edo Central, Nigeria 尼日利亚埃多中部青少年性传播感染(STIs)

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72193

.. J.E.Ataman, O. Odaman

{"title":"Youth contract of some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Edo Central, Nigeria","authors":".. J.E.Ataman, O. Odaman","doi":"10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72193","url":null,"abstract":"In Nigeria, as noted in the „National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development‟, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) had constituted a silent epidemic or the major health problem for the country. Consequently, from a total of 783 randomly selected youth ages 10-24 years in Edo Central Nigeria, this study examined youth contract of some STIs. Data tended to reveal first, that the males were slightly in excess of the females among the respondents. Secondly, that the bulk of the respondents was „never married‟ (84.6%). Thirdly, that majority of youth (76.7%) in Edo Central, Nigeria was engaged in educational activities, that is, as students. Finally, the prevalence of Gonorrhea, herpes simplex, Chlamydia, trachomatis, genital warts, syphilis, staph aureus and HIV/AIDS at 6.5, 0.4, 0.8, 2.6, 1.9, 1.0 and 1.3 percent among youth was found. It was, therefore, asserted in this study that STIs can cause infertility, serious illness, disability and death if left untreated. Hence, it is advised that youths should abstain from pre-marital sexual intercourse and consult a physician if they have STIs, among others. Key Words: Youth, Contract, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Pre-marital Sexual Intercourse, STIs Prevalence and Edo Central.","PeriodicalId":308310,"journal":{"name":"Gender and behaviour","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129219445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72179

A. Gesinde

{"title":"Gender-related differences in attitudinal disposition of university workers to resolving conflict through mediation","authors":"A. Gesinde","doi":"10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72179","url":null,"abstract":"Human beings have innate tendencies to work in groups or relate with objects and people in their environment. The intra and inter relationships with people, at times, generate conflict which negatively affect psychosocial functioning. Conflicts can be resolved through diverse methods of which mediation occupies central position. The attitudinal disposition of an individual towards mediation tends to dictate whether an individual would mediate to resolve conflicts. Consequently, this paper examined the attitudinal disposition of two hundred and fifty-five (males=152 and females=103) universities workers randomly selected from two private universities in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria towards using mediation to resolve conflict. An attitudinal scale tagged “Attitude towards Mediation Scale” (α =0.88) developed by the researchers was used to generate data. Two research hypotheses were posed and tested using t-test statistic. The results indicated that there were no significant gender differences in the participants‟ attitudinal disposition to using mediation process to resolving conflict (t-cal =2.76; t-cri =1.96; df =253, P>0.05) and in their preference to resolving only conflict within their gender type (t-cal =.273; t-cri =1.96; df =253, P>0.05). It is therefore recommended that university workers should be adequately trained in the procedures of using mediation so as to build their capacity in resolving conflict at home and workplace. Key Words: Gender, differences, attitudinal disposition, university workers, conflict resolution, mediation.","PeriodicalId":308310,"journal":{"name":"Gender and behaviour","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132094933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Gender Issues in Urban Indigenous Communities in Nigeria: Evidence from Port Harcourt 尼日利亚城市土著社区的性别问题:来自哈科特港的证据

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72189

J. Patrick, Christiana N. Ijah

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引用次数: 0

Therapeutic Value of Adjustment Practices and Copining with Grand Children for Menopausal Women in Nigeria 尼日利亚绝经期妇女调整实践和应付孙辈的治疗价值

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72119

M. Saka, A. Saka, Wo Latinowo, H. Raji

{"title":"Therapeutic Value of Adjustment Practices and Copining with Grand Children for Menopausal Women in Nigeria","authors":"M. Saka, A. Saka, Wo Latinowo, H. Raji","doi":"10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72119","url":null,"abstract":"Menopause is one of the stages of human development and is full of encounters, tasks and challenges; it could be different from the encounter of the preceding stages of life. This study examined the therapeutic value of adjustment practices toward menopause and evaluates the effectiveness of health education on coping methods among menopausal Nigeria women. Women aged 40 years and above who had stopped menstruating for twelve consecutive months prospectively studied in Nigeria across geo political zone over a three years period (February 2007 to march 2010). The mean ages of study and control groups were 57.2±1.2 and 58.2±1.9 years, respectively, There was a statistically significant increase in the study respondents’ adjustment practices towards menopause from 56 (31.5%) to 150 (86.7%) postintervention (p value = 0.000001), At both pre- and post-intervention studies, menopausal women with post- secondary education ranked first in their adjustment practices towards menopause A significant percentage of the respondents in the study group are better adjusted to menopause after health education intervention on coping methods as compared with control group. At pre-interventions all other respondents had poor adjustment practices except for those with post secondary education who had mean score above 40.0. This showed the impact of health education intervention on the sample population. This corroborated Giwa-Osaige’s findings that women generally irrespective of educational status had poor reproductive health seeking behaviors. However, health education intervention on coping and adjustment practices had a significant impact on menopausal women. In conclusion; the respondents had poor adjustment practices towards menopause with mixed feelings about religious obligation and cohabitation. Menopausal women in Nigeria expressed significant good adjustment practice after serial adjustment intervention. Whereas there was more adjustment needs for the control group Key words; coping with grand children, adjustment practices, menopausal women","PeriodicalId":308310,"journal":{"name":"Gender and behaviour","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123612269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Oil, gender and agricultural child labour in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: implications for sustainable development 尼日利亚尼日尔三角洲地区的石油、性别和农业童工:对可持续发展的影响

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72182

Chioma Joseph-Obi

{"title":"Oil, gender and agricultural child labour in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: implications for sustainable development","authors":"Chioma Joseph-Obi","doi":"10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72182","url":null,"abstract":"The Niger Delta region of Nigeria continues to face the problem of agitations, violent conflicts, crimes, rural-urban migration, environmental degradation, militant resistance engendering a frightening state, characterized by violence and criminality in the form of kidnapping, prostitution, escalating unemployment, and vandalization. This paper examines how the activities of oil multinational corporations has compromised agriculture and child labour in the region. This paper is expository and analytical in thrust. It is based on data collected through a survey conducted amongst agricultural child labourers in Rivers State of Nigeria. The sample consisted of 180 respondents drawn from Afara, Kpite-Tai and Tombia, communities all in Rivers State using the purposive sampling technique. A total of 90 parents/guardians were also drawn from the three communities. The study assessed the relationship between oil and gas exploration, gender and the agricultural child labour. The relationship between household size and agricultural child labour and the relationship between health-related hazards and girl-child labour. Data generated from the survey were subjected to statistical analyses using simple percentages to establish primary correlation. It revealed that there is a significant relationship between (a) household size and child labour, and (b) oil and gas exploration and gender and child labour. This paper, was also viewed through the lens of Marxian Feminist Theory. Finally, some recommendations were made, top of which the existing poverty alleviation programmes in the country should be targeted at the girls’ and women first. Keywords: Gender, Agricultural child labour, Niger Delta, Poverty, Oil, Multinationals.","PeriodicalId":308310,"journal":{"name":"Gender and behaviour","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121983510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 8

A survey of alcohol vulnerability of male prison inmates in Nigeria 尼日利亚男性监狱囚犯酒精脆弱性调查

Gender and behaviour Pub Date : 2011-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/GAB.V9I2.72201

O. Chenube, Simeon Dosumu, Mary Omomoyesan, F. Omumu

引用次数: 3