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Meet the Arewa girl
2014Data often tells you what is happening to girls, but it rarely presents the context – the why and how – and what girls themselves are thinking.DocumentSocio-Economic Development and the Girl-Child Education: a Look at Jos North Local Government, Plateau State
2014The problem of girl child education in Nigeria’s Jos North Local Government Area has socio-economic aspects related to traditional gender roles. The research presented in this article examines girl child education and its impacts, with the view of finding out why few women are educated in Jos North metropolis.DocumentSocio economic gender inequality in Nigeria: A review of theory and measurements
2012This article attempts to synthesise a number of different views of gender inequality, followed by a discussion on various indicators used to measure it. It claims that women lag behind men in the majority of socio-economic indicators, and constitute the majority of the poor, unemployed and socially disadvantaged groups.DocumentWomen's voices in northern Nigeria: hearing the broader narratives
OpenDemocracy, 2014Women’s rights have been a constant focus in the Muslim and Hausa speaking region in the Northern Nigeria. This has intensified after the recent kidnapping of more than 200 girls by the militant Islamist movement Boko Haram.DocumentGender Equality and Women’s Human Rights: Unfinished Business
UN Women, 2014UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka delivered this opening speech at the first in a series of events to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, outcomes of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women (1995).DocumentProtocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa: abridged version
2009In 2004, Nigeria joined several other African countries in ratifying the Protocol to the African Union Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.DocumentStoning in Iran, Somalia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan & Sudan
2012The practice of stoning is closely associated with religious laws and observances. In ancient times, many communities used the practice to punish those who were deemed to have gone against God, challenged existing norms or threatened established social order.DocumentThe globalized world and gender rights in Nigeria: the gains, the losses
African Journals Online - AJOL, 2011There are fears that globalisation is creating increased gender inequalities worldwide. This article appraises globalisation and its effects (positive and negative) on gender equality and rights in Nigeria. The authors remind us that the deep-rooted gender inequality in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries was not brought on by globalisation.DocumentGenerational Perspectives of Unprotected Sex and Sustainable Behavior Change in Nigeria
2013Despite the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic being widely well known, and over two decades of safe-sex communication and condom social marketing in Nigeria, unmarried people continue to engage in unprotected sex. Understanding their perspectives of unprotected sex is imperative for sustainable policy and intervention design.DocumentGender equity and empowerment in Nigeria: implications for educational management
2011Despite tremendous efforts by the Nigerian government over the past three decades to increase educational opportunities for males and females, significant gender challenges remain. This paper discusses the persistent gender gap in the educational system, even at the management level.Pages