carlos montalvo Prof. Anum Nyako HED 220-9M 18 February‚ 2012 Female Circumcision Female circumcision is practiced worldwide. To some‚ it is a religious ritual and to others‚ a human tragedy brought on due to male domination. These opinions relating to the practice create conflict in the world between those who hold on to the tradition of female circumcision and those who promote feminism by attempting to prohibit the practice. I do not think that the United States should get involved
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and become sticky and it becomes impossible to pass through our body organs so they get stuck. This can result to further complications. When this happens inside the brain‚ it results to coma or even death. (Q&A) How do people in Nigeria try to prevent malaria? There isn’t any cure for malaria yet‚ it can only be prevented In my own opinion‚ I think malaria could be prevented by distributing treated bed nets‚ treating water drinking it‚ avoiding stagnant water. Malaria prevention
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the legal concept of gender equality is entrenched in the 1948 universal declaration of Human Rights. It was also stated again in the 1979 United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. In a society like Nigeria‚ which is a largely patriarchal society‚ women tend to be comfortable to certain close-ended function in the society. It has also been confirmed that though men and women are supposed to be complementary partners in society ’s overall progress‚ women
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as cousins‚ uncles‚ nephews and nieces‚ grand-parents and family friends‚ which is why it is called a large family. Nuclear family on the other side is a relatively small family which consists majorly of the father‚ mother and children only. In Nigeria and mostly other African countries‚ the large family is usually more dominant. The advantages of a large/extended family are among others highlighted below: -It has a lot of members and there is more than one earning member in a large family. That
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Gender and Poverty in Nigeria Exploration of Journal article in Sociology Amanda Watson Professor Melanie Townsend Introduction to Sociology 04/27/12 I read an article dealing with the connection between gender and poverty in Nigeria. I believe that the article was a primarly view of existing research. I feel that it is because the author never said he conducted the research. It was said the study found out this or that. If the
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Elections in Nigeria are nothing but dramatised rituals that seek to legitimate the power structure of the ruling class By NGOVE‚ PETER PEVER Being an M. Sc seminar presentation in the department of Political Science‚ Benue State University‚ Makurdi. ABSTRACT The concept of election has been defined in this work as the process by which the people choose their leaders. Nigeria’s democratic experience has been faced with the question of credibility of our electoral process and elections
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Ferdinand Edralin Marcos was born 11 September 1917‚ in the town of Sarrat‚ Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos and Josefa Edralin.[2] He was baptized into the Philippine Independent Church.[3] According to the family’s oral history‚ the original surname was Quidit‚ and their Ilokano stock had some Han Chinese and Japanese admixture.[citation needed] Marcos once claimed that one of his forefathers was a "15th century Chinese pirate." This pirate is the well-known Limahong or Lin Feng in China. Rumors
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W7000 – WRITING SKILLS My research topic is on Female Circumcision‚ otherwise known as Female Genital Mutilation (FMG). Female Genital Mutilation is a procedure that involves intentional alteration or cutting of female genital organs for non- medical reasons‚ from age infant to 10 years and older depending on the community. Studies have shown that this practice does not have any health benefit to any female‚ but rather it causes damages. FGM practice is recognized as a violation of human rights
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Head Counts and House Census to Nigerian Sustainable Development Kofo A. Aderogba Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences Tai Solarin University of Education Ijebu-Ode‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria kofoaderogba@yahoo.com Key words Population census‚ Limitations‚ Sustainable development‚ Virtues‚ Nigeria Abstract The 2006 population censu was scheduled‚ planned and executed. The objective of this paper is to highlight the uniqueness and credible attributes of the exercise: and to make recommendations
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3Bulletin of Education & Research June 2008‚ Vol. 30‚ No. 1‚ pp. 33-41 Female Education and National Development: As Viewed By Women Activists and Advocates Saleha Parveen* Abstract The term development is very broad and may be interpreted in different ways by different individuals. It is a global process of societal change that is planned cooperatively by government and international organizations with the full and informed participation of the inhabitants of the area to be developed. In
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