INTRODUCTION Nigeria like most developing nations of the world is faced with myriad of problems and harsh realities which include poverty‚ unemployment‚ conflicts and diseases. These situations pose great challenges to the very existence of individuals in most developing nations thereby calling for the training of educated man and women who can function effectively in the society in which they live in. available information by National Universities Commission (NUC) (2004) reiterate the massive
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Female circumcision is a practice not uncommon in Muslim society. Although this practice does not only occur within Muslim society‚ this paper will focus on the practices that do occur within Islamic society. The Islamic countries with the most prevalence in practicing this form of genital mutilation are Sudan (98%)‚ Somalia (98%)‚ and Egypt (75%) (El Saadawi 34). Other Islamic countries that practice this are Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Pakistan‚ and India‚ which practice this under the name of sunnah
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In constituting nature as female -- "I pursued nature to her hiding places" (49) -- Victor Frankenstein participates in a gendered construction of the universe whose negative ramifications are everywhere apparent in the novel. The uninhibited scientific penetration and technological exploitation of female nature is only one dimension of a patriarchal encoding of the female as passive and possessable‚ the willing receptacle of male desire. The destruction of the female implicit in Frankenstein’s usurpation
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CASE OF FEMALE GENITAL `MUTILATION: THE TENSION BETWEEN CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND UNIVERSALISM Dianne Camille T. Corales University of the Philippines Mindanao Department of Social Sciences‚ BA Anthropology December 2014` 2 INTRODUCTION Over the past years‚ the practice of Female Genital Mutilation has received an increasing global attention and mass condemnation from the West in general along with the Feminists and Human Rights Advocates. According to the statistics of UNICEF in 2013‚ Female Genital
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Female Friendship in ‘The Coquette’ The sentimental novels in the American Literature have long been regarded with great respect as compared to other genres of fiction. One such work is Hannah Webster Forster’s The Coquette which saw an avid reception and became highly famous during the eighteenth century. The Coquette being one of the most widely read works in American Literature is an epistolary‚ described as a conversation between different women. The conversational form is a self-conscious
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A SURVEY OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN NIGERIA VIZ-A-VIZ TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT P.A. Ozor Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka‚ Nigeria. e-mail paul.ozor@unn.edu.ng ABSTRACT Sustainable technology development of any economy is anchored in a sound knowledge-base for her citizens. But successful development of such knowledge-base depends on modern infrastructure‚ rule of law and functional institutions. When a society completes infrastructural
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presents three female characters in Othello‚ however‚ each of these women play a crucial role in developing the plot line. Desdemona‚ Emilia‚ and Bianca are all significant woman in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ but they each play their own important role. Desdemona’s character represents purity and devotion‚ while Emilia’s character models the exact opposite. Emilia represents a witty‚ smart-mouthed woman who is not afraid to let others know what she thinks. The last female‚ Bianca‚ represents
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Female Genital Mutilation is a controversial topic that forces people to choose between traditional cultural rituals and the ethical rites of the female involved. Female genital mutilation (FGM)‚ explores several different points of view as well as addresses many contemporary issues. Mainstream assumptions and stereotypes‚ contemporary issues‚ and the women’s cultural and traditional perspectives paint a broader picture of the issues and implications surrounding FGM around the world. Sub Saharan
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION According to Phillips (2007) “Corporate governance is an encompassing policy‚ processes and people‚ which serves the needs of shareholders and other stake holders by directing and controlling management activities with good business savvy‚ objectivity and integrity”. The author stated that sound corporate governance is dependent on external market place commitment and legislation plus a healthy board culture that safeguards policies and processes. Magdi and Nadereh (2002)
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The Utility of Empathy for White Female Teachers’ Culturally Responsive Interactions with Black Male Students This study on culturally receptive interactions that teaching prepares a place for catering to teachers’ to pinpoint‚ welcome‚ and shape upon the diversity background differences that the learners bring to schools (Gay‚ 2002‚ 2010‚ 2013). Even though instructors have researched that educators whom recognize their selves just as cultural receptive don’t have no clarification on what the
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