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J. Adams, Dr Adoga-Ikong, and Dr Michael Takim Otu. "Customary Law Marriage Practice in Nigeria: Women and Human Rights." Journal of Social Sciences Research, no. 63 (March 15, 2020): 272–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jssr.63.272.275.
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Marriage has been defined as a voluntary union between a man and a woman or women (in the case of customary marriage) for life to the exclusion of any other. In other words, it is a legal union which exists between a man and a wife(s). The practice is acceptable world over and it is usually legally recognized. In Nigeria, though there exist a statutory marriage which is monogamous in nature but most prevalent is the customary marriage. This marriage is practiced among all the tribes in Nigeria despite the fact that there exist statutory marriages. One thing that is pertinent here is that the practice of customary marriage in Nigeria has violated the human rights of the couple especially the women. The women in Nigeria have not enjoyed their human rights in their customary marriage. This is due to certain customs and traditions that do not allow for such. Among the few are undue reliance on consent of their parents. Before a marriage can be contracted female genital mutilation, the corresponding rights to bring an action for dissolution of marriage if the other party commits adultery, etc. As a result of the above (and many others) Nigerian woman is deprived of her rights. This work seeks to examine these practices which stand as hindrances to the rights of a married woman in Nigeria and therefore suggests that Nigerian women should be allowed to enjoy her basic human rights (even as a married woman) just like her husband, also that the practices in other climes where women enjoy their human rights should be imbibed in Nigeria.
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Olatokun, Ganiat Mobolaji. "The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Gender Inequality in Nigeria: Education and Empowerment of Women in Focus." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 3 (April 11, 2021): 2275–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.1199.
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This paper focuses on gender inequality in the area of education and empowerment of women in Nigeria. This has become significant in this time of novel global wealth coming with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR). It was discovered through a doctrinal research that, Nigeria, aside from having many national legislations on gender equality, is also a signatory to major international human rights instruments on gender equality. However, the workability of these legal frameworks has remained doubtful as there are wide range of gender inequalities which makes it difficult for Nigerian women to achieve their full potentials. Intellectually, higher number of Nigerian men goes to school than women. It follows from here that, men in Nigeria are undoubtedly gainfully employed than the women. Women in Nigeria are often circumscribed to low-paying and very repetitive jobs. In view of this realization, there is every possibility of increased and massive inequality and unemployment as robots seems ready to replace the women work force in Nigeria. Hence, the researcher asks the question as to; how relevant will Nigerian women be in the area of education and empowerment in this time of FIR, despite the presence of the law? This paper argues that the legal framework on gender equality in Nigeria are mere cosmetological set up, which had not impacted on equality between women and men, despite the Women in Development theory (WID), which has been made part and parcel of the legal framework. The paper fears that if these inequality persists, there will be no place for Nigerian women in the FIR. Concerted efforts are required on the part of the government of Nigeria to see to the workability of the laws on gender equality so as to make women relevant in the FIR. It is in the light of the far-reaching implications of this that the makes recommendations.
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O. Abakare, Chris. "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA: A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY." Jurnal Sosialisasi: Jurnal Hasil Pemikiran, Penelitian dan Pengembangan Keilmuan Sosiologi Pendidikan, no. 3 (March 30, 2021): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/sosialisasi.v0i3.19960.
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Family, apart from providing security and emotional support should provide the most secure environment for an individual to grow. However, domestic violence is largely evident in the Nigeria families and societies. Although, women are worshipped as deities at home in some cultures in Nigeria, they are also treated as second class members of the family. This is largely due to the patriarchal nature of the Nigerian society. The essence of this work is to investigate domestic violence against woman in Nigeria. This work discovers that the lack of physical power leads to general timidity in women. This work discovers that domestic violence is perpetrated by family members against women in the family, ranging from single assault to aggravated physical battery, threats, intimation, coercion, stalking, humiliating verbal use, forcible or unlawful entry, sexual violence, marital rape, dowry and even female genital mutilation. This work is of the opinion that domestic violence bluntly trips women of their most basic human rights, the right to safety in their homes and community and should be discourage.Family, apart from providing security and emotional support should provide the most secure environment for an individual to grow. However, domestic violence is largely evident in the Nigeria families and societies. Although, women are worshipped as deities at home in some cultures in Nigeria, they are also treated as second class members of the family. This is largely due to the patriarchal nature of the Nigerian society. The essence of this work is to investigate domestic violence against woman in Nigeria. This work discovers that the lack of physical power leads to general timidity in women. This work discovers that domestic violence is perpetrated by family members against women in the family, ranging from single assault to aggravated physical battery, threats, intimation, coercion, stalking, humiliating verbal use, forcible or unlawful entry, sexual violence, marital rape, dowry and even female genital mutilation. This work is of the opinion that domestic violence bluntly trips women of their most basic human rights, the right to safety in their homes and community and should be discourage. Keywords:Domestic violence, Women, Patriarchy, Nigeria.
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Nnaeto, Japhet Olusadum, Emenike Everest Uzor, and Juliet Anulika Ndoh. "Appraisal of the conflict between sharia law and rule of law on rights of women in Nigeria." Global Journal of Politics and Law Research 10, no. 6 (June 15, 2022): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/gjplr.2013/vol10n6126.
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The study “ appraisal of the conflict between sharia law and the rule of law on rights of women in Nigeria is inclined to reviewing the disagreement or incompatibility arising from injustices against women by the sharia law, which the rule of law is at variance with. Through its organ, the United Nations Organization had declared that all human beings, irrespective of gender, colour are entitled to enjoy the content of Universal Declaration of Human Right effective 1948. Consequently, every bonafide member of UNO, including Nigeria, must not only enshrine the declaration in its constitution but must also enforce and sustain such enforcement. The aforementioned exigency informed this study seeing that many states in the Nigerian Federation, especially from the north are fast adopting sharia law.The study was anchored on positive legal theory to critical explain the need for law in the society.Basically, data was elicited through secondary source. Findings revealed inter alia; that sharia law reduced the constitutional rights of women to live a dignified life; the rule of law was not very vociferous against the identified obnoxious practices of sharia law against women in northen Nigeria. Following the findings made, the study concluded that the liberation of women from the shackles of sharia law in Nigeria depends largely on the willingness of the rule of law to enforce the result of repugnancy test against sharia law where it applies. The study recommended interalia; A detailed review of sharia law in Nigeria which are not compatible with the provisions of the constitution; Constitutionalization of affirmative action for women in Nigera and Nigeria should diametrically adopt the provision of Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to guide in enforcing rights of women against all odds in Nigeria.
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Abass, Salimat M. "Women Entrepreneurship Determinants in Nigeria." Journal of Business and Economics 10, no. 4 (April 20, 2019): 356–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/04.10.2019/008.
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Women entrepreneurs have attracted the attention of organizations, policy makers and researchers as they have been identified as an important unexploited source of economic growth and development. The objective of this research is to contribute knowledge about women entrepreneurship in Nigeria and their motivations for entrepreneurship especially on MSMEs level. An empirical survey was conducted with cross-sectional data collected via questionnaire from 422 selected women respondents in six states each representing a geo-political zone in Nigeria using stratified sampling technique. Respondents are engaged in micro, small or medium enterprises in Nigeria. The study results provide strong determinant of women entrepreneurship in Nigeria. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) was employed as tools for testing hypotheses using SmartPLS 2. Findings revealed that the determinant of women entrepreneurship varies by life experiences and country. The study further discovered that a lot of women were motivated by the need for survival, family traits, education and skills, independence and need for achievement respectively in Nigeria. The study recommended that the Nigerian government should encourage women more in entrepreneurial activities and provide sound conducive business environment for women through provision of infrastructural facilities such as entrepreneurial training and skills, finance, infrastructures and credit facilities that will enhance women’s participation more in business.
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Amaefule, Adolphus Ekedimma. "Women in Neo-Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, and the Mainline Churches in Contemporary Nigeria." Feminist Theology 31, no. 1 (August 27, 2022): 34–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09667350221112875.
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This paper looks, in the first place, at gender issues in Pentecostal Christianity in Nigeria. This is especially as captured by the Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her novel, Americanah. It is found that women in Nigerian Pentecostalism are more than the men in number and participate more actively both in church activities and in spiritual efforts at home. However, it is mostly the men who are the pastors and leaders of the Nigerian Pentecostal churches, even if at home, by what is sometimes called ‘domestication’ of the same men, the women are empowered in some ways. The paper then considers what their place has in common with the place of women in the Roman Catholic Church in contemporary Nigeria. The paper adds to the existing literature on the place and role of women in both Pentecostalism and Catholicism in contemporary Nigeria.
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Chidebe, Runcie, Agha A. Agha, Onyedikachi Nwakanma-Akanno, Chika Okem akwiwu, Candidus Nwakasi, Simeon Aruah, Darlingtina Esiaka, and Phyllis Cummins. "WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN: PEER SUPPORT GROUP FOR OLDER WOMEN WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IN NIGERIA." Innovation in Aging 7, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2023): 453–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.1491.
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Abstract Metastatic breast cancer (mBC) is incurable and devastating to all cancer patients. In Nigeria, the proportion of patients with stage III or IV/metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis is 98%. Although many younger mBC patients live for years, older mBC patients have poorer prognosis, more physical symptoms, poorer access to palliative care, and experience higher social isolation. Also, most older Nigerian women diagnosed with mBC experience psychological challenges during and after their treatment, with higher possibility of abscondment from treatment. While peer support groups (PSG) have become increasingly beneficial for improving the quality of life (QoL) of these older women, there is paucity of literature exploring the benefit of these groups and how they provide support to cancer patients in Nigeria. Using a qualitative research approach and interpretative phenomenological analysis, we explored the experiences of older Nigerian women (n=8) living with mBC who belong to a PSG. Our finding shows that for older women living with mBC, seeing peers with similar lived experiences inspire them to keep living, being hopeful, and experience a reduction in death anxiety. PSG provides a culture of love, peer support, socialization and strengthened connections. In addition to pain and inability to walk (mBC linked disabilities) being recurring physiological challenges for many older women with mBC, forced retirement/inability to work, death anxiety, financial burden, and limited access to cancer care are some of the socio-psychological challenges they face. Therefore, the establishment of PSG in cancer treatment centers in Nigeria would improve QoL and reduce abscondment from treatment.
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Okonkwo, Uche Uwaezuoke. "Women and Witchcraft Accusations in Colonial Nigeria." Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural 11, no. 2 (September 1, 2022): 307–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/preternature.11.2.0307.
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ABSTRACT In terms of witchcraft accusations, Nigeria occupies the unenviable position as one of the most female-gender unfriendly nations of the world. To date, witchcraft accusations are still part of Nigerian daily life experiences. However, this article emphasizes witchcraft accusation during the colonial period in Nigeria. The available demographic evidence of witchcraft stigmatizations points mainly at women. This article relies therefore on fragments of sources from Nigeria from four major national archives—those at Ibadan, Kaduna, and Enugu. In addition, a body of existing knowledge on the subject has been collated, analyzed, and adduced in writing this article using the descriptive method of analysis.
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Oloruntoba-Oju, Diekara. "‘Like a drag or something’: central texts at the pioneering forefront of contemporary Nigerian queerscapes." Africa 91, no. 3 (April 26, 2021): 418–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001972021000280.
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AbstractThis article examinesShe Called Me Woman, a 2018 anthology of and by twenty-five queer Nigerian women. The text focuses on a variety of narratives by women as a way to challenge the confinement of queer Nigeria to the narratives of gay men. The article demonstrates how the multifarious queer(ying) experiences of women in different geographical and social contexts within Nigeria help to further contextualize the trope of what we understand to be queer in Africa. The stories in this anthology reflect the complex ways in which queer women in Nigeria negotiate their everyday lives against the backdrop of the frontier imposed by both anti-homosexuality law in Nigeria and global LGBT+ discourse. In examining the complexities of these women, this article argues that queer frontiers in Africa must necessarily be discussed elliptically, as a compendium of the known, the unknown, and perhaps the unknowable. The idea of queerness is taken up as a frontier of thought, imagination and modes of being: that is, an embodiment of identities at the crossroads of a complex convergence of the old, the new and the yet to be known.
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Odeyinde, Oluwakemi. "Gender Equality and Sustainable Development: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Nigerian Laws and Practices to Guarantee the Woman’s Human Right." Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (The) 12, no. 2 (December 13, 2021): 398–420. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jsdlp.v12i2.10.
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In light of the prevalence of discriminatory practices and violence against women, gender equality has been internationally recognized as one of the sustainable development goals to be achieved by state parties before the year 2030. However, achieving equality between men and women has been the greatest human right issue in Nigeria. The main aim of this article is to show that women are important in promoting sustainable development. However there are provisions of the Nigerian law which discriminate against a woman. This article argues that sections 221, 353, 357 and 360 of the Criminal Code and sections 55, 282(2) of the Penal Codediscriminate against a girl or woman. In addition, although Nigeria is a party to a number of international treaties such as CEDAW, gender discrimination remains a major threat to sustainable development. The limited number of women appointed in the senate shows the extent of marginalization of women in Nigeria. For example, the United Nations rating of Nigeria in human development is low due to the fact that the percentage of seats held by women in parliament is so minimal compared to the men. Therefore the findings of this article are to assist policymakers in enforcing sustainable practices that promote gender equality by among other things, amending the relevant provisions of the criminal code and the penal code which discriminates against a female in Nigeria. Finally, to reconsider bringing back the gender equality bill that was rejected for second reading in 2015 at the floor of the senate.
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Muhammad, Lawal. "Women Entrepreneuurs and Survival of Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria." International Conference on Advances in Business, Management and Law (ICABML) 2, no. 1 (March 2, 2019): 176–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.30585/icabml-cp.v2i1.269.
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This research set out to analyze the women entrepreneurs and survival of small–scale enterprises in Nigeria. The objective of this paper is to determine the extent of women entrepreneurs and survival of SSEs in Nigeria. One Hundred and Twenty Eight (128) questionnaires were retrieved for analysis. Data collected were analyzed using multiple regressions. The results revealed that Women entrepreneurs experience and women entrepreneurs’ level of education have significant effect on the survival of small scale enterprises in Nigeria. The study therefore, concluded that an increase in training or improvement in the activities of women entrepreneurship will lead to a significant increase in the maintenance and sustainability of SSEs in Nigeria. This paper recommended that since, women entrepreneurs experience and high level of education led to the survival of SSEs in Nigeria therefore, the Nigerian government should provide an avenue for adequate funding, training on entrepreneurship, provision of infrastructural facilities and enabling environment in order to enhance the women entrepreneurial activities as this would translate to increase in an income generation, provision of employment and reduction of poverty in Nigeria.
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Muhammad, Lawal. "Women Entrepreneurs and Survival of Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria." Journal of Research in Emerging Markets 1, no. 1 (April 8, 2019): 10–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.30585/jrems.v1i1.314.
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This research set out to analyze the women entrepreneurs and survival of small–scale enterprises in Nigeria. The objective of this paper is to determine the extent of women entrepreneurs and survival of SSEs in Nigeria. One Hundred and Twenty Eight (128) questionnaires were retrieved for analysis. Data collected were analyzed using multiple regressions. The results revealed that Women entrepreneurs experience and women entrepreneurs’ level of education have significant effect on the survival of small scale enterprises in Nigeria. The study therefore, concluded that an increase in training or improvement in the activities of women entrepreneurship will lead to a significant increase in the maintenance and sustainability of SSEs in Nigeria. This paper recommended that since, women entrepreneurs experience and high level of education led to the survival of SSEs in Nigeria therefore, the Nigerian government should provide an avenue for adequate funding, training on entrepreneurship, provision of infrastructural facilities and enabling environment in order to enhance the women entrepreneurial activities as this would translate to increase in an income generation, provision of employment and reduction of poverty in Nigeria.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurs, Small Scale Enterprises, Women Entrepreneurship and Survival.
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OMOTADE, AWODUN ADEBISI, OGUNJEMILUA A.A, and FAMILUGBA J.O. "The Contributions Of Nigeria Women Towards National Development." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 3, no. 5 (May 31, 2015): 91–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss5.363.
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This paper examine the contributions of Nigeria Women towards National Development. It gives the detrimental effects which the colonialism have had on the status of Nigerian women. The challenges of women contributions to the development of the Nigerian nation are highlighted. And ameliorating these challenges recommendations are made which among others include the proper education of women, formation of more women, business cooperatives, enlightment campaigns in secondary and tertiary institutions as well as granting women their constitutional rights to effective participation in the affairs of the country.
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Ayodeji, Bello Lateefat, and Aderemi Opeyemi Ade-Ibijola. "The United Nations Women and Gender Equality in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects." African Journal of Stability and Development (AJSD) 14, no. 1 (October 31, 2022): 137–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.53982/ajsd.2022.1401_2.06-j.
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Over the years, the United Nations made several attempts to prioritise gender equality through the establishment of international treaties, conventions, and creation of entities dedicated to address the needs of women. The UN Women is one of such laudable initiatives. It is in this connection that this paper examined the challenges of promoting gender equality in Nigeria, focusing on the agenda set by UN Women. Specifically, the paper looks at Nigeria’s progress so far in attaining the four target areas of the UN Women in Nigeria. The target areas include: Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action, Economic Empowerment and Resilience, Leadership and Political Participation, and Ending Violence against Women. The paper leveraged the critical and liberal feminist theories to analyse gender equality issues and the challenges posed to the UN women efforts in promoting gender equality in Nigeria. The paper argues that Nigeria has made some progress in the target areas of the UN Women through the ratification of international treaties, policy formulation, and creation of agencies. The UN women has also demonstrated commitment to its aim of promoting gender equality in Nigeria in its four thematic areas of engagement through campaigns and advocacy, capacity-building, partnerships and strategic alliances; service delivery and improving access to services. However, there are challenges that hinder the promotion of gender equality in the country. These challenges include: the Nigerian law, insecurity, the political terrain, cultural and religious practices, human rights record, funding, poverty; and COVID-19 Pandemic. The findings of this paper reveals that UN Women plays an important role in advancing gender equality in Nigeria. The paper concludes that institutional structures that hinders the progress of gender equality in Nigeria should be addressed so as to solve the socioeconomic problems that has posed a major threat to the UN women programmes and works. This, the paper recommends that a lot can be achieved by creating institutions and implementing policies that encourage and drive economic growth among women in the country. Domesticating international conventions and eliminating discriminatory laws against women in the Nigerian constitution will also help address the challenges of the UN Women in Nigeria.
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Bello, Bashir, and Mansur Muhammad Bello. "An Empirical Study of the Numerical Proportions of Women Academics in Selected Universities in Nigeria: A Study of Federal University Gusau and Umaru Musa Yar’adua University." SAGE Open 13, no. 2 (April 2023): 215824402311787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440231178714.
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The paper provided an empirical analysis of the numerical proportions of women academics in the Nigerian University system. It assessed the challenges confronting women academics as a result of the numerical proportions and it examined their responses and reactions to the challenges that arises as a result of the numerical proportions. It focused on two universities namely Umaru Musa Yar’adua University and Federal University Gusau in Katsina State and Zamfara State of Nigeria respectively. The study was an exploratory research design. It was conducted using Key Informant and In-depth Interview. The data collected were analyzed using Nvivo, version 10. The study found that women also contribute to their numerical proportions in the Nigerian University system. The study suggested the need to encourage women generally to apply for academic career. It also suggested that the Nigeria universities’ management should prioritize the incorporation and recruitment of women in the Nigeria University system.
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Kehinde Obaoye, Justina, and Tian Wenli. "Gender Inequality and Discrimination against Women and Women’s Rights Challenges in Nigeria." International Journal of Legal Developments & Allied Issues 08, no. 05 (2022): 67–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.55662/ijldai.2022.8502.
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This article will present the concept of equality and non-discrimination through the working of the human rights mechanism on the promotion and protection of women’s rights. This research will further focus on gender inequality and discriminatory practices against women; and identify the challenges encountered in the implementation of women’s right in Nigeria. Nigerian women constitute about half of the Nigerian population and are known to play significant roles in the society. However, gender inequality and discrimination due to the patriarchal system has deeply affected women’s structurally unequal position in many aspects such as families, inheritance, workplace, education and politics. Tradition and religion have also contributed to men domination in the structure of social organization and institution at all levels of leadership while women are confined to domestic activities. Gender stereotype, roles ideology and discrimination have limited women from maximizing their potentials on the basis of equality with men even though the Federal Republic of Nigeria constitution provides for gender equality between men and women. Several efforts have been made by the government of Nigeria to promote gender equality and non-discrimination, however, the failure of Nigeria to domesticates the International and regional treaties as part of its municipal law has slowed down the pace of women’s emancipation. Consequently, Nigerian women have suffered intense marginalization and relegation to the background. Women are victims of discrimination in all aspects of their lives, this discrimination has persisted for so long that is deeply rooted and institutionalized in the Nigerian system.
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Dagunduro, Adebukola, and Adebimpe Adenugba. "Failure to Meet up to Expectation: Examining Women’s Activist Groups in the Post-Colonial Period in Nigeria." Open Cultural Studies 4, no. 1 (May 4, 2020): 23–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/culture-2020-0003.
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AbstractWomen’s activism within various ethnic groups in Nigeria dates back to the pre-colonial era, with notable heroic leaders, like Moremi of Ife, Amina of Zaria, Emotan of Benin, Funmilayo Kuti, Margaret Ekpo and many others. The participation of Nigerian women in the Beijing Conference of 1995 led to a stronger voice for women in the political landscape. Several women’s rights groups have sprung up in the country over the years. Notable among them are the Federation of Nigerian Women’s Societies (FNWS), Women in Nigeria (WIN), Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) and Female in Nigeria (FIN). However, majority have failed to actualize significant political, social or economic growth. This paper examines the challenges and factors leading to their inability to live up to people’s expectations. Guided by patriarchy and liberal feminism theories, this paper utilizes both historical and descriptive methods to examine these factors. The paper argues that a lack of solidarity among women’s groups, financial constraints, unfavourable political and social practices led to the inability of women’s groups in Nigeria to live up to the envisaged expectations. The paper concludes that, for women’s activist groups to survive in Nigeria, a quiet but significant social revolution is necessary among women. Government should also formulate and implement policies that will empower women politically, economically and socially.
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Abiodun-Oyebanji, Olayemi, and F. Olaleye. "Women In University Management: The Nigerian Experience." Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER) 4, no. 9 (August 31, 2011): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/cier.v4i9.5696.
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This study examined women in university management in Nigeria. It was a descriptive research of the survey type. The population of the study comprised all the public universities in southwest Nigeria, out of which three were selected through the stratified random sampling technique. Three hundred respondents who were in management positions were purposively sampled for this study. A questionnaire tagged Women in University Management Questionnaire (WUMQ) was used to elicit information from the respondents. Data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, t-test analysis and Pearson products for research questions and hypotheses raised for the study. Results showed that the level of women participating in university management in Nigerian University was dismally low; most of the high management positions were occupied by men. Results of the study further revealed that many women in the university system were being deprived of high management positions because they do not have the same opportunities for advancement as their male counterparts and also, the undue strictness of many women jeopardizes their chances of attaining high management positions in Nigerian universities. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the parochial belief of some people that women do not have what it takes to manage a university simply because they are women should be discarded. Women should also put a check on their undue strictness in the workplace and also, conducive working environments that will promote womens advancement should be promoted in Nigerian Universities.
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Dim, Eugene Emeka. "Ethnoregional Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Nigeria." Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 21, no. 5 (October 5, 2018): 870–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524838018801335.
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a reality the average Nigerian woman has to grapple with everyday. Ethnicity and place of residence play a pivotal role in the social realities of Nigerian women, especially with their experience of IPV. However, there is a paucity of reviews examining the impact of ethnicity and place of residence on women’s experiences of IPV in Nigeria. This study seeks to explore the ethnoregional dynamics of IPV from the range of studies undertaken on the subject matter. Eighteen studies meant the inclusion criteria for analysis. The major criteria for selecting studies for analysis were peer-reviewed studies on IPV against women and studies on a Nigerian population, regardless of the nationality of the authors. Databases like the University of Saskatchewan Library, ProQuest, Sociological Abstracts, and Journal Storage ( JSTOR) were used in searching for peer-reviewed studies. The study revealed that Igbo women tend to experience IPV more than Yoruba and Hausa women. The study also found that rural women tend to experience IPV more than urban women. The study points out some of the services available for female victims of IPV and the possible strategies that can be adapted to reach them effectively.
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Abbas, Usman. "The Moderating Effect of Gender on Audit Committee Attributes and Earnings Management." Scholedge International Journal of Business Policy & Governance ISSN 2394-3351 7, no. 3 (August 18, 2020): 48. http://dx.doi.org/10.19085/sijbpg070302.
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There exist a number of studies that have been conducted on the influence of audit committee attributes on earnings management but no attention has been given to the moderating effect of gender on audit committee attributes and earnings management. The main objective of this study was to examine the moderating effect of gender on the impact of audit committee attributes on earnings management of listed Agricultural companies in Nigeria for a period of six years (2012-2017). The study used ex-post facto and correlational research designs. The population of the study was the five (5) Agricultural companies in Nigeria listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as of 31st December 2017 and all the companies were used as a sample of the study. The study used a panel of multiple regression techniques for data analysis. It was found that gender has a strong and significant influence on the impact of audit committee attributes on earnings management of listed Agricultural companies in Nigeria. It was recommended that the audit committee of companies in Nigeria should comprise of at least 40% of women. Regulatory bodies concerned in Nigeria like Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigerian Stock Exchange and Financial Reporting Council should clearly state the composition of audit committee members and increase the number to ten where women should form 40% of the members of the committee and a woman with financial knowledge should be made the chairperson of the committee since women have shown a significant level of commitment to their responsibilities and contribute in reducing earnings manipulation.
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Ezenweke, Chinenye Pauline, Isaac Adeola Adeniyi, Helen Olaronke Edogbanya, and Waheed Babatunde Yahya. "SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND RISK FACTORS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG WOMEN IN NIGERIA USING STRUCTURED GEO-ADDITIVE REGRESSION MODELS: ANALYSIS OF 2018 NIGERIA DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY." FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES 6, no. 4 (August 23, 2022): 112–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2022-0604-1056.
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Overweight and obesity which are known to pose serious health problems are becoming increasingly prevalent in Nigeria which is a sub-Saharan African country. This study utilized the 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey to examine demographic and socio-economic risk factors of overweight and obesity among Nigerian women aged 15-49 years. Exploratory analysis was used to provide basic description of the data while a semiparametric structured additive models was used to describe the relationship between the presumed factors and overweight and obesity status while also accounting for spatial effects at state level. The national prevalence of overweight and obesity among Nigerian women was found to be 27.4%. Increased risk of overweight and obesity among Nigerian women was found to be strongly associated with being older, high educational level, being rich, living in an urban area, having many children, being pregnant, and residing in southern part of Nigeria. In respect to ethnicity and religion, the Fulani tribe and Islamic religion were associated with lower prevalence of overweight and obesity. Overweight and obesity were found to be significantly more prevalent in the Southern parts compared to the Northern parts of Nigeria. The highest and lowest prevalence of overweight and obesity were observed in Anambra and Yobe states respectively. Prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher among Muslim women compared to Christian women since most Northern women are Muslims and most Southern women are Christians. Random (unstructured) spatial effects were significant indicating that overweigh/obesity was influenced by unobserved state specific factors
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Olatokun, Ganiat Mobolaji. "Attainment of Gender Equity and Social Justice for Nigerian Women Through the Implementation of CEDAW’S Right to Choose: an Initiative for the Development of Nigeria." Jambura Law Review 4, no. 2 (July 30, 2022): 195–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.33756/jlr.v4i2.10506.
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The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is yet to be domesticated and implemented in Nigeria. Hence, its provisions, particularly, Article 16(1) (e) which provided inter alia that, men and women should be given the same right to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their children, cannot be given effect to. Hence, when it comes to deciding on the number and spacing of children, women in Nigeria are not given any say. This is in contradiction to social justice for women. This equally shows the inequality status of women to men in Nigeria. In order for Nigerian women to enjoy the dividend of gender equality and have access to justice, the attitude of Nigerian men (mostly the uneducated ones, and even some educated ones) of turning their wives into child producing machines must be stopped. Most women in Nigeria are faced with problem of having children yearly in order satisfy their husbands. These women, despite being exposed to health challenges associated with several child births, are usually trapped in a difficult position either to continue production of babies, or to let go their husbands to take another wife. Most women in Nigeria opt for the later. However, it has been viewed by this researcher that if allowed to prosper, the provision of fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between men and women is well covered by CEDAW’s right to choose which is well captured under its Article 16. This is a doctrinal research which utilizes the use of books, journals and internet sources for research. The research concluded that future development based on analysis suggests the full implementation of CEDAW’s provision under Article 16.
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Mohammed, Kabir, Hazril Izwar Ibrahim, and Khairul Anuar Mohammad Shah. "Empirical Evidence of Entrepreneurial Competencies and Firm Performance: A Study of Women Entrepreneurs of Nigeria." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge 5, no. 1 (June 1, 2017): 49–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijek-2017-0005.
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Abstract The purpose of current study is to investigate the effects of entrepreneurial competencies on firm performance of businesses owned by Nigerian women entrepreneurs. The 200 respondents of this study are women entrepreneurs operating micro-business units in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Survey questions was used to collect data. The study utilises SPSS and SmartPLS 2.0 to analyse the data. The findings indicated that strategic, opportunity and organizing competencies significantly affect the firm performance of women entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
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Ejiaso, Vivian. "Linguistic Violence on Women: Representation of Women in Ritual Killing Discourse on Nigerian Social Media Spaces." Studies in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis 5, no. 1 (February 20, 2024): 32–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.48185/spda.v5i1.985.
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Language can be used to represent people in a humiliating and defaming way that violates their humanity. In the discourse of ritual killing on social media, Nigerian women are often blamed for their misfortunes of victimization through ritual killing and are further abused verbally. This study analyzes the representation of linguistic violence on women through evaluating the discourses on ritual killings on Nigerian social media space. It adopts Norman Fairclough’s model of critical discourse analysis and qualitative research design. After observing the social media platforms in Nigeria for a period of three months, from January-March, 2022, the researcher purposively collected twenty (20) data from Facebook and twelve (12) from Twitter, but sampled ten (10) textual data from Facebook and two (2) from Twitter. Findings indicated that women are blamed and defamed in the discursive representation of ritual killings in Nigeria. By implication, the perpetrators (mostly men) are excused and the patriarchal subjugation of women are sustained. Keywords: linguistic violence, critical discourse analysis, violence, ritual killing, social media
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Akindeji Akinmusuyi, Samuel. "Transitivity System and Ideological Framing in News Headlines Reporting Gender-based Violence in Nigeria." Traduction et Langues 22, no. 2 (December 31, 2023): 232–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.52919/translang.v22i2.959.
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Gender-based violence, encompassing domestic abuse, sexual assault, and femicide, remains an enduring and widespread issue in Nigeria. This study aims to examine the transitivity system and ideology present in news headlines reporting gender-based violence in Nigeria. While adopting Halliday and Matthiessen’s (2014) Ideational Metafunction of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as the theoretical framework, the study uses content analysis method which includes both qualitative and quantitative approaches in the analysis of the data. 20 news headlines each published between May and August, 2022 on the official websites of two prominent mainstream media in Nigeria – The Punch and Nigerian Tribune – are purposively selected for this study, making a total of 40 news headlines. The analysis of transitivity system in The Punch online news revealed that thirty (30) processes are employed in the twenty (20) news headlines depicting crime committed against women in Nigeria selected from the newspaper. Twenty-nine (96.7%) of these processes are material process, while one (3.3%) is behavioural process. The prevailing occurrence of material process is also evident in the news headlines selected from Nigerian Tribune. In Nigerian Tribune, twenty-five (25) processes are deployed across the twenty (20) selected news headlines; material process appears twenty-four times (96%), while verbal process appears only once (4%). The dominant use of material process in the selected news headlines permits both media houses – The Punch and Nigerian Tribune – to identify and describe various physical and violent actions that were taken against Nigerian women, and also to identify actions taken by the law enforcement agencies to ensure justice for the victims of crime. The analysis further highlighted a representation of gender roles and power dynamics by revealing that all the material processes which are related to violence, such as ‘rape’, ‘shot’, ‘abducts’, ‘kills’, and ‘punches’, are linked with the male. Hence, men are portrayed as perpetrators of violent crimes while women are represented as the victims; women are portrayed as vulnerable, gang-raped, raped, shot, killed and stabbed. It was also discovered that women, along with related entities, are often used in news headlines to perform the participant role of goal, thereby implying an ideological representation that positions women as susceptible targets of violent crimes. This study therefore concludes that Nigerian media outlets primarily deploy material processes and goal participant roles of the transitivity system to present an amplified and sensational portrayal of various physical and aggressive actions inflicted upon women and young girls in Nigeria.
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Dibie, Robert, and Justina Sam Okere. "Government and NGOs Performance with Respect to Women Empowerment in Nigeria." Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review 3, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/apsdpr.v3i1.77.
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his study investigates the performance of the Government of Nigeria and NGOs in the empowerment of women in the country. It examines the following research questions: is there a positive relationship between government policies and its inability to enforce domestic abuse crime, sexual harassment, and male hostile domination? Are NGOs women empowerment and women liberation programs more effective than those of the government of Nigeria? To address these questions, the study uses data on NGOs that provides major capacity building projects (i.e., women education, legal rights and entrepreneurship projects) and government programs for combating discrimination against women in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. This study uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods to examine the role of government and NGOs in the empowerment of women in Nigeria On one hand, results point toward a negative relationship between government and women empowerment policies. On the other hand, result shows a positive correlation between NGOs and women empowerment in Nigeria. Further cultural, religious, social and economic factors as well as the lack of effective implementation of gender policies continue to militate against the integration of women in the country. Our research included a survey of some 2,250 women that have benefited from NGOs empowerment program. One striking discovery is that Nigerian women have benefited more from NGOs empowerment programs than those provided by the government. Women who benefited from NGOs empowerment programs have progressed from being victims of domestic abuse unemployment to entry-level jobs and subsequently to middle management. About 15 percent of them have move from middle management to senior management. The results of this study have implications for NGOs management in the context of women projects management and governments’ political willingness to collaborate with NGOs in addressing women’s empowerment and capacity-building issues in Nigeria.
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Obajimi, M. O., A. T. S. Adeniji-Sofoluwe, A. O. Oluwasola, B. O. Adedokun, T. O. Soyemi, Funmi Olopade, and Gilean Newstead. "Mammographic breast pattern in Nigerian women in Ibadan, Nigeria." Breast Disease 33, no. 1 (March 15, 2011): 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/bd-2010-0313.
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Makinwa-Adebusoye, Paulina K. "WOMEN MIGRANTS IN NIGERIA." International Sociology 9, no. 2 (June 1994): 223–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026858094009002007.
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Imam, Ibrahim. "Shariah and Human Rights Perspectives on Interfaith Marriage: Challenges Impeding Its Practice in Nigeria." ICR Journal 7, no. 4 (October 15, 2016): 492–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.52282/icr.v7i4.231.
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Within the context of Nigeria, this paper investigates those principles of Shariah that regulate marriage, particularly interfaith union. This is with the goal of explicating certain limitations placed by Islam on the ability of Muslim women to marry non-Muslims. In particular, it is considered whether these limitations prejudice the right to freedom of religion guaranteed in the Nigerian Constitution. Ultimately, the paper establishes that marriage in Nigeria is usually solemnised in a manner reflective of the country’s diversity. This investigation is motivated by the recent controversy surrounding the right of Nigerian Muslim women to enter into interfaith relationships. The paper uses a library-based, doctrinal research method to argue that there are several challenges associated with interfaith marriage in Nigeria, all resulting from the multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic makeup of the country. It is concluded that, though interfaith marriages exist in Nigeria, parties entering into such marriages must agree on some salient issues in order to sustain conjugal bliss.
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Ekwunife, John K. "Nigeria’s Abortion Law and the Clamor for Reform: A Report." Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik 69, no. 2 (June 2, 2023): 283–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.30965/29498570-20230023.
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Abstract Abortion is permitted in Nigeria only when the reason is to save the life of a pregnant woman. Otherwise, it is strictly prohibited and carries a jail term of seven years. Available statistics show that despite its criminalization, a lot of women still indulge in it clandestinely by patronizing unlicensed medical personnel, resulting in a lot of complications and maternal mortality. Death and complications arise because, most of the abortions are performed by unqualified abortion vendors. This report aims at presenting the position of the Nigerian government on abortion as it is contained in its Criminal and Penal Codes. Some major causes of abortion among Nigerian women as well as some adverse effects of abortion on the mental and psychological wellbeing of Nigerian women are also highlighted.
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Onah, Nkechi G., Benjamin C. Diara, and Favour C. Uroko. "Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Nigeria: Implications on Women." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 8, no. 5-1 (July 1, 2017): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mjss-2018-0097.
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Abstract Ethno-Religious conflicts have continued to besiege Nigeria for decades. This paper aims to highlight some of the ethno-religious conflicts that have taken place in Nigeria and its impact on women. Considerable work has been done on the issue of Ethno-Religious conflicts in Nigeria but the implications of these on Nigerian women remains scanty. It is in recognition of this that this paper seeks to examine this. Using library findings as well as oral interviews, the paper notes that many women have lost their lives while many others have lost their children and/or their husbands. This situation has led to undue sufferings with the concomitant problems of poverty and penury among the women. Most significantly, it also leads to gender inequality. Gender inequality translates to political, economic and socio-religious marginalization of women in the society. In view of this, the researcher recommends among others that women should be allowed to be full actors in the process of peace building and conflict resolution in Nigeria. They should not be kept at the margin in political discourse. It further advocates that amidst these incessant ethno-religious conflicts that have plagued the nation, protection of women and children should be of paramount importance and all the violations of human rights of women and children addressed with the apt attention it deserves. The decriptive phenomenological method was adopted for the study.
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Bulus, Comfort, and Sarah Lwahas. "Women and broadcast news presentation in Nigeria: television as gendered." Kampala International University Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 1, no. 2 (August 17, 2020): 370–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.59568/kijhus-2020-1-2-24.
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The images of women in the media have had a damaging effect on women’s performance and have prevented women from having a significant impact in many key institutions. Women are often underrepresented at all levels of government thereby limiting their power. The media in Nigeria have not given women the required space to operate as they should either structurally within media administration or psychologically in the representation of women's images. This study sought to find out how women news presenters have fared in News Presentation in Nigeria. It focused on identifying the factors that affect their job, reasons for the absence of older women in presentation and challenges of mentorship for women presenters. This was discussed in relation to how they have affected women’s performance. Attribution theory was used and semi - structured interviews were conducted with 5 female news presenters, 2 female program managers, 3 male news presenters and 2 male program managers from two selected media organizations in Jos namely, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Network and Plateau Radio Television Corporation (PRTVC) to enrich the qualitative presentation of data. This study revealed that there is a need for Nigerian women presenters to show sensitivity for a wider range of topics/issues bringing to the fore the perspectives/perceptions women have. Women are also in need of more training and mentorship should not only be encouraged but sustained.
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Giménez-Llort, L., EK Oghagbon, F. Dogo, M. Ogiator, and J. Prieto-Pino. "438 - Nigerian women are more susceptible to the impact of diabetes-and-dementia: State-of-art, Future perspectives and Directions." International Psychogeriatrics 32, S1 (October 2020): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610220002902.
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Among the preventable complications of diseases that require urgent effective health literacy programs in sub-Saharan Africa, crosstalk between diabetes and dementia stands out for women's health. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) in midlife is a recognised risk factor for dementia. This crosstalk is more significant in persons of African ancestry. Globally, the prevalence of DM will increase dramatically in the next few years with 75% of cases living in low-to-middle-income countries. Some major risk factors for DM2 accelerates the development of dementia in Africa-Americans, thus leading to higher prevalence of dementia compared to Caucasians. It is known that 58% of the global 46.8 million dementia subjects lives in economically developing countries. This proportion may reach 63% and 68% in 12 and 32 years' time, respectively. Females are 1.5 times likely to develop dementia, but sub-Saharan Africa women have a disproportionately two-to-eight fold increased dementia risk. In the eye of this storm is Nigeria which is home to the highest number of diabetics in Africa. Diabetes prevalence in the country is rising parallel to increased incidence of obesity, hypertension and rising population age. The socioeconomic impact of increasing prevalence of DM2 and dementia will be unsustainable for Nigeria healthcare system, given the experiences in developed economies. This study analyses the current situation of women's health in Nigeria, and explore future policy directions. The complex interplay of factors involved in the DM2-dementia crosstalk in Nigerian women include those due to biological processes (metabolic syndrome, vascular damage, inflammation, oxidative stress, insulin resistance and anaemia), nutritional habits and sedentary lifestyles. Other factors that predisposes Nigerian diabetic women to dementia are, restricted resources, lack of visibility and poor health management. They add up to increase the burden of disease in the Nigerian woman, irrespective of age. We advise urgent implementation of heath policies and actions that will increase ratio of mental health professionals / number of patients, especially in rural areas and the establishment of proactive primary healthcare centres. Importantly, interventions targeting adolescents and adult women, and others specific to mother- child interactions, are strongly needed in Nigeria and the sub-region for mitigating dementia in women.
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Obasohan, Phillips Edomwonyi, Paul Gana, Mahmud A. Mustapha, Ahmed Egbako Umar, Audu Makada, and Dorcas Nike Obasohan. "Decision Making Autonomy and Maternal Healthcare Utilization among Nigerian Women." International Journal of MCH and AIDS (IJMA) 8, no. 1 (March 20, 2019): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.21106/ijma.264.
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Background and Objectives: Low assess to ante-natal care (ANC) services continue to pose a major public health challenge leading to high maternal mortality rates in developing countries. Non-utilization of ANC services among about a quarter of Nigerian women of reproductive age remains a major concern in the actualization of Sustainable Development Goals. Considering the complexity of healthcare utilization in Nigeria, the relationship between a particular health care utilization pattern and women autonomy has not been fully examined. This study examines the patterns of women autonomy and their relationships with ANC utilization in Nigeria.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis of the 2013 nationally representative data from the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). Factor analysis/score were used to construct women autonomy index, while chi-square and logistic regression were used to establish the relationships between the response and exposure variables.
Results: There is a strong relationship between women decision making autonomy status and ANC services among Nigeria women. The odds of utilizing ANC services among women with more decision making autonomy were significantly 3.79 higher than among women with low decision-making autonomy. The use of ANC increases as age, education and wealth status of respondents increase.
Conclusions and Global Health Implications: These results indicate that women autonomy is undoubtedly a major determinant of ANC utilization in Nigeria.
Key words: Autonomy, Antenatal Care, Logistic Regression Analysis; Factor analysis
Copyright © 2019 Obasohan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.affect economic and health promotion.
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Efe, Chinedu Justin, and Oghenerioborue Esther Eberechi. "Property Rights of Nigerian Women at Divorce: A Case for a Redistribution Order." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 23 (March 17, 2020): 1–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2020/v23i0a5306.
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In Nigeria, marriage is hardly conceived as a partnership of equals in relation to the property rights of spouses during marriage and at divorce. This is because the Nigerian courts do not redistribute property at divorce. This leaves the financially weaker spouse (usually the wife) at an economically disadvantaged position. This article therefore compares the position of the matrimonial laws in England with that of Nigeria, whether there are provisions for the redistribution of property between the spouses at divorce. The comparative analysis reveals that family laws in England empower the family court to redistribute property amongst spouses at divorce. On the contrary, the matrimonial property laws in Nigeria provide for the settlement of property at divorce. The analysis also reveals that the courts in Nigeria adopt the strict property rights approach in ordering the settlement of property, which is detrimental to the wife. The article also makes a case for a redistribution through the economic analysis of the worth of a housewife. The authors therefore argue that the Nigerian courts should depart from this approach and borrow from the English courts. The authors recommend the amendment of the matrimonial property laws to fill this gap. That would enable the Nigerian courts to make a redistribution order, so as to vary the recognised property rights of spouses in order to provide compensation for any reasonable loss caused by marriage and ensure that the financial benefits of marriage are shared on a just and equitable basis.
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Ewoh-Odoyi, Ethel. "How Gender Is Recognised in Economic and Education Policy Programmes and Initiatives: An Analysis of Nigerian State Policy Discourse." Social Sciences 10, no. 12 (December 6, 2021): 465. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci10120465.
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Many African states are involved in the frontline discourse on the fight for gender equality through the adoption of public policies, aiming to improve the lives of women through social, economic, and political development. In Nigeria, despite the adoption of Article 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 adapted from the United Nations principles of gender equality, which provides for equality and elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, the Nigerian state still struggles with different forms of gendered marginalisation issues against women in various aspects of Nigerian society; these issues are mainly due to cultural, economic, and legislative challenges. Therefore, this article explores how gender is recognized through public policy programmes and initiatives using a qualitative content analysis of relevant policy documents. The documents were collected from various government ministries and cover policy areas that represent entrepreneurship and economic activities in Nigeria between 2000 and 2020. The analysis confirms the recognition of gender in public policies by subjective bias and mediating access to education for female gender advancement in Nigerian society. Some gender gaps were also recognized and discussed in the article.
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Smith, Mike Ewart. "Does anybody care if women beat up men?" South African Journal of Psychiatry 14, no. 3 (August 1, 2008): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v14i3.161.
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The study by Ayinmode and Tunde-Ayinmode of family violence among a population of Nigerian mothers has ‘provided evidence that women at primary care level in Nigeria not only experience family violence but that it is impacting negatively on their physical and psychosocial wellbeing and those of their children’.
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Mbah, Chidi Slessor, Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe, and Ezebunwa E. Nwokocha. "Influence of Household Decisions on the Socio-Economic and Fertility Behaviour of Women in Rural Nigeria." Journal of International Cooperation and Development 6, no. 2 (July 5, 2023): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2023-0014.
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Household decisions are a major determinant of socio-economic and fertility behaviour of women in several parts of the world. In Nigeria, women’s participation in household decisions is low and accounts for negligible involvement of women in critical decision-making processes at the household level. Women in Nigeria, face discrimination, subordination, exploitation and relegation in several spheres of life. It has been observed that this discrimination against women is more pronunced in the developing African countries, Nigeria inclusive. In Nigeria, the culture of Patriarchy has aways set the parameters for unequal relationship between women and men regarding economic and reproductive health. It has been adjudged that women constitute about half of the population of Nigeria, yet there is inherently a pronounced level of discrimination of women's participation in the decision-making process regarding socio-economic and fertility behaviour of women themselves. This paper therefore attempts to x-ray the conceptual clarification of decision-making, overview of women's Participation in decision-making process, factors influencing women’s decision-making process, influence of household decisions on socio-economic roles of women, relationship between Household Decisions and Contraceptive use among Women, influence of household decisions on fertility outcomes of women, theoretical underpin of influence of household decisions on socio-economic and fertility behaviour of women, factors that supports significant changes in the influence of men’s dominance on women’s fertility, conclusion and as well proffer practical solutions to this ugly situation faced by Nigerian women. This papar therefore, argues that if the recommendations proffered in this papar are considered by the government as policy framework it will go a long way in the actualization of the global agenda on reproductive health and women empowerment by 2020.
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Nkemdilim, Alozie, and Obiora Nkiru. "EXAMINING STATUS OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS; COMPARISM WITH MEN COUNTERPARTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA." International Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences, Environmental Studies & Technology 5, no. 2 (December 21, 2020): 35–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.48028/iiprds/ijarssest.v5.i2.04.
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This paper discussed the status of women entrepreneurs in Nigeria, It discovered and addressed the different challenges, obstacles and regrets of Nigerian Women entrepreneurs despite all their efforts and interests in business. Most of the literature has been mainly theoretical qualitative. This paper contributes to addressing the gap and comparing the Nigerian Women entrepreneurs with their men counterparts. The exploratory factor indicated that Nigerian Women entrepreneurs are highly marginalized compared to the men counterparts which includes the aspects of tradition and cultural belief even when they struggle as much as their men counterparts, if not more. The paper suggested that Nigerian Women need to be supported, improved and motivated if not more than the men counterparts, the motivations can be targeted to promote sustainable entrepreneurship in addition to complementary support such as improving business management skills and competencies for sustainable women entrepreneurs.
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Olusola Adeyemi, Emmanuel, Temitope Olumuyiwa Ojo, Megan Quinn, Bill Brooks, and Oluwabunmi Anuoluwapo Oke. "What factors are associated with anaemia in pregnancy among Nigerian women? Evidence from a national survey." African Health Sciences 23, no. 1 (April 6, 2023): 373–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v23i1.39.
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Background: Anaemia in pregnancy remains a severe public health problem in sub-Saharan African countries including Nigeria.
Objectives: To assess factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy among Nigerian women.
Methods: A secondary analysis of the 2018 Nigeria demographic health survey was conducted to determine the predictors of anaemia among Nigerian pregnant women (N=1522). SAS 9.4 was used for the analysis.
Results: The prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy was 61.1%. On multivariable logistic regression analysis, women in the North-central (AOR=2.52, CI=1.46-4.35) and South-south (AOR=2.21, CI=1.06-4.59) had increased odds of anaemia in pregnancy, compared to those in the Northwest. Women with no education (AOR=2.38, CI=1.28-4.44), primary education (AOR=3.06, CI=1.58-5.96) and secondary education (AOR=1.75, CI=1.04-2.94) had increased odds of anaemia in pregnancy compared to women with teriary education. Also, women not in marital union had increased odds of anaemia in pregnancy compared to women in a union (AOR=2.56, CI=1.15-5.72). Women in the second (AOR=2.42, CI=1.79-3.29) and third trimesters of pregnancy (AOR=2.83, CI=2.07-3.89) had increased odds of anaemia.
Conclusion: These findings are important for the control of anemia among pregnant Nigerian women. Women in the Northcentral and Southsouth zones are particularly at risk for anaemia in pregnancy and should receive special attention during antenatal care.
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Vincent, Nyewusira, and Nweke Kenneth. "Constraints to gender equality in Nigeria; the paradox of women against women." International Journal of Academic Research 6, no. 2 (March 30, 2014): 239–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.7813/2075-4124.2014/6-2/b.35.
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Adawo, M. A. "Women in agriculture and appropriate technology in Nigeria." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 4, no. 1 (March 31, 2001): 90–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v4i1.2631.
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There is no doubt that agricultural growth in Nigeria has been on the decline. This is largely so because agricultural policies have a bias towards inappropriate technology, and fail to recognise women as the centrepiece in agriculture. The position taken in this paper is that women are in fact the pivot in Nigerian agriculture, and whatever technology is developed, should be in line with their needs. Such technology should involve a simple but mechanical form of weeding, the use of improved organic fertilizer and efficient methods of livestock husbandry.
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Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Abimbola Onigbanjo-Williams, Kolawole Azeez Oyediran, and Clifford Obby Odimegwu. "Rejection of the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill in Nigeria." Gender in Management: An International Journal 32, no. 3 (May 2, 2017): 234–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/gm-02-2017-0023.
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Purpose Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). This continues the effort of the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG), which was “to promote gender equality and empower all women”. In Nigeria, a Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill had been under consideration in the Nigerian Senate since 2010 to be enacted as a Nigerian law as part of effort toward MDG 3. After six years, the Bill was voted out for “lack of merit”. The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of the outcome. Design/methodology/approach A review of this Bill and the authors’ perceptions of reasons for the decline are subsequently presented. Findings There were concerns based on the content of the Bill. It was agreed by members of the Nigerian Senate that the content of the Bill was not in line with the religious and cultural beliefs of most of the Nigerian population and thus, unworthy to be enacted as a Nigerian law. Social implications The review herein provides important analysis of the content of the declined Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill. It reflects the continued patriarchal norms and perception of the superiority of men over women in Nigeria. Originality/value The paper provides a bird-view analysis of an unsuccessful Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill in Nigeria. This information is needed for a review of the Bill ahead of possible re-presentation following modifications for discussion.
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Ola, Bamidele Emmanuel. "Associations Between Internet and Traditional Media Usage and Users’ Attitudes Toward Wife-Beating in Nigeria." Journal of Population and Social Studies 32 (November 20, 2023): 190–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.25133/jpssv322024.012.
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This study quantitatively examines the associations between the Internet and traditional media (e.g., television, radio, newspapers) usage and users’ attitudes toward wife-beating in Nigeria. Data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey involving 13,311 men (aged 15 to 59 years) and 41,821 women (aged 15 to 49 years) were analyzed using multiple logistic regression models. The central question was whether frequent Internet and traditional media users significantly differed in their attitudes toward wife-beating justification compared to individuals who seldom used these media channels in Nigeria. The results showed that Nigerian online media users were substantially less likely to approve of wife-beating compared to their non-users. However, for traditional media usage, only radio usage was significantly associated with a reduced likelihood of wife-beating approval among women. Newspaper usage was associated with a higher level of justification, while television was not significantly related to wife-beating support. This study emphasizes the need for the Nigerian media channels to effectively join the international campaigns seeking to eliminate intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW).
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Adewuyi, Alfred A. "Marital fertility in polygynous unions in Nigeria." Journal of Biosocial Science 20, no. 4 (October 1988): 393–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002193200001751x.
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SummaryUsing data from the Nigerian Fertility Survey of 1981–82, the effect of polygyny on fertility is examined, by age cohort, for four regions of the country. Comparison of mean completed and current fertility suggests that changes in reproductive behaviour are taking place in Nigeria, restricting the fertility of women in polygynous unions, especially of younger women, when socioeconomic factors are taken into account.
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AMAECHI, DR (MRS ). LOUISA N. "Women Empowerment And Sustainable Development In Nigeria." International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention 6, no. 11 (November 8, 2019): 5711–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsshi/v6i11.04.
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A nation that cannot feed her citizens effectively is facing a very big global economic challenge. This was one of the reasons why UN inculcated food security measure as one of the 2003 MDG goals for the developing countries before 2015 target years. Nigerians economic down turn started when agricultural economy was neglected and attention was given to crude oil economy as the major export of the country’s economy. The neglect export of the country’s economy. This neglect of the country’s agric economy gave rise to the present social and economic challenges such as poverty, unemployment, food security, low agric export system, youths restiveness, social insecurity and the general infrastructural decay and decay in other systems. Therefore one of the striking measures to address the countries economic system is through the revival of agriculture with particular reference to women empowerment.
The paper therefore discussed women empowerment, importance of agriculture to Nigerian economy and the need for women empowerment in agriculture. The paper also highlighted strategies for women empowerment, demerits of not empowering women and challenges confronting women farmers in Nigeria.
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Akokuwebe, Monica Ewomazino, L. Amusan, and G. Odularu. "Women development in agriculture as agency for fostering innovative agricultural financing in Nigeria." African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 21, no. 07 (September 2, 2021): 18279–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.102.19345.
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The significant contribution of women in agricultural development cannot be over-emphasised. Women farmers are commonly side-lined and their efforts under-valued in conventional agricultural and economic evaluations despite the substantial impact they have made in the sector. Globally, women’s contributions to the agricultural sector have been appraised as the world’s major producers and organisers of food crops where half of the world’s foods have been grown by them. In Africa, Nigeria included, women dominate and play major roles in producing subsistence crops and livestock. Their contribution to agriculture is estimated to be 65% in Nigeria. However, their contributions are undermined largely because women are often economically marginalised. Though women are food producers for most of the households in rural areas, their marginalisation has been historical. Factors hindering women from accessing agricultural financing include patriarchy, an unfavourable land tenure system that deprives women of access to collateral security in accessing bank loans and the vagueness of women’s limited self-agency. Anchored in patriarchal and liberal feminism theories, this study examines how Nigerian women are marginalised in selected spheres of agrarian livelihoods in the south-eastern parts of Nigeria. South-East Nigerian women farmers participate fully in all key stages of farming activities such as production, processing and marketing of food crops. The Igbo men cultivate mainly cash crops. Similarly, in the Northern parts of Nigeria, women are only allowed to participate in certain stages of cash crop growing but they are fully allowed to engage in subsistence farming as they are relegated to home front activities. Patriarchy limits women's access and control over land resources in all forms. Patriarchal and liberal feminism denoted that the actions and ideas of male farmers dominant over those of women has prevented female farmers the autonomy and freedom to become rational beings. This paper recommends mainstreaming of gender in the design, implementation and monitoring of agricultural policies and programmes for inclusive financing for food security and sustainable development.
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Okenwa-Emegwa, Leah, Stephen Lawoko, and Bjarne Jansson. "Attitudes Toward Physical Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Nigeria." SAGE Open 6, no. 4 (October 2016): 215824401666799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244016667993.
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Attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) are known predictors of IPV victimization and perpetration with more women generally believed to justify IPV than men. An understanding of the determinants of justification of IPV may provide information necessary for holistic interventions. This study sought to examine the magnitude, extent, and predictors of justification of physical IPV against women among men and women in Nigeria. Data from 33,385 women and 15,486 men from the 2008 Nigerian demographic and health surveys were analyzed using chi-square test and multiple logistic regressions. Results show that although larger proportions of women justified physical IPV, certain categories of men such as poor, illiterate men, and men with secondary education justified abuse more than women. Contrary to expectations, access to radio/TV increased the odds of justifying abuse among women thus casting doubts on program content. The gender differences observed for predictors of attitudes to physical IPV suggest a need for gender-tailored interventions to change attitudes toward partner violence in Nigeria.
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Ahmed, Meherun, Iftekhar Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, and Samanta Sharmin Laskar. "Domestic Violence in Relation to Women Empowerment and Women Household Headship: A Case in Nigeria." Nile Journal of Business and Economics 3, no. 7 (December 14, 2017): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.20321/nilejbe.v3i7.118.
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<p class="Default">Domestic Violence against women is very common in both developing and developed countries and is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. However, global developments have yet to be systematically assimilated into theories around violence against women. This study seeks to examine the associations between domestic violence against women household headship and women empowerment in Nigeria. The study used data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression method was used to assess the association among the study variables. The analysis showed that domestic violence is usually more where there are women-household headships in case of Nigeria changing the general idea of having less domestic violence in women headed households. There should be strict and effective laws against domestic violence. Men or women whoever is domestically violating another woman should have to deal with legal consequences; otherwise, this trend of domestically violating women will go on forever.</p>
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Alaba, Oluwayemisi O., Olusanya E. Olubusoye, and J. O. Olaomi. "Spatial patterns and determinants of fertility levels among women of childbearing age in Nigeria." South African Family Practice 59, no. 4 (August 28, 2017): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/safp.v59i4.4735.
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Background: Despite aggressive measures to control the population in Nigeria, the population of Nigeria still remains worrisome. Increased birth rates have significantly contributed to Nigeria being referred to as the most populous country in Africa. This study analyses spatial patterns and contributory factors to fertility levels in different states in Nigeria.
Method: The 2013 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) data were used to investigate the determinants of fertility levels in Nigeria using the geo-additive model. The fertility levels were considered as count data. Negative Binomial distribution was used to handle overdispersion of the dependent variable. Spatial effects were used to identify the hotspots for high fertility levels. Inference was a fully Bayesian approach. Results were presented within 95% credible Interval (CI).
Results: Secondary or higher level of education of the mother, Yoruba ethnicity, Christianity, family planning use, higher wealth index, previous Caesarean birth were all factors associated with lower fertility levels in Nigeria. Age at first birth, staying in rural place of residence, the number of daughters in a household, being gainfully employed, married and living with a partner, community and household effects contribute to the high fertility patterns in Nigeria. The hotspots for high fertility in Nigeria are Kano, Yobe, Benue, Edo and Bayelsa states.
Conclusion: State-specific policies need to be developed to address fertility levels in Nigeria.
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S Afr Fam Pract 2017; DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2017.1292693