Children’s trafficking has been an issue of major concern for the international community in recent years. Trafficking in persons‚ the illegal practice of procuring human beings for unpaid work in physically abusive settings‚ has reached large scales lately‚ with figures such as 1.2 million children annually being transported from poverty-stricken countries to wealthier nations. The trafficking of children often involves exploitation of the parents’ extreme poverty. The latter may sell children to
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Religion was also very closely linked to government in the major West African cultures. The kings and chiefs usually ruled by divine law‚ and people thought that they were summoned by the spirits to lead. An example of this is the Oba‚ who ruled Benin City‚ and was thought of as divine by the people. Politics and religion are still mixed to this day. Since ancient times‚ there has been some change in African religion. Today‚ most people are either Muslim or Christian. Those whom are not Christian
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Many similarities and parallels can be made when comparing the Salem witch trials and the history of the LGBT movements in America. Many laws‚ bans‚ and unspoken rules were implemented onto minorities. In history‚ gay people have been persecuted for not only their sexuality but for being gender non conforming. Over the course of the 20th century great strides have been made in reducing the discrimination of those who do not conform‚ yet there are still progresses to be made. Those who are not cisgender
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A. O PELA Pages: 55 to 64 Creation Date: 1986/01/01 Drug abuse in Africa T. ASUNI Department of Psychiatry‚ College of Medicine‚ University of Lagos‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria A. O PELA Clinical Pharmacy Unit‚ Faculty of Pharmacy‚ University of Benin‚ Benin‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT Apart from cannabis abuse in northern and southern Africa and khat chewing in north-eastern Africa‚ the history of drug abuse in Africa is relatively short. The abuse of drugs in Africa is nevertheless escalating rapidly from
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Bibliography: 1. Dr. Festus Iyayi‚ (2009)‚ Socio cultural factors impacting upon Primary Health Care in Nigeria‚ Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Social Sciences‚ University of Benin‚ Benin City‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria 2. Global Health Watch (2004) Global Health Action‚ edited by Whyte‚ A.‚ McCoy‚ D and Rowson‚ M‚ Russell Press 3. Noyoo. N‚ (2000)‚ Social Policies and Social Services in Zambia. UNZA Publishers‚ Lusaka‚ Zambia. 4. Oxford
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The Egungun performance is a sect of the community-wide masquerade dances‚ which are often found in the Yoruba and Benin cultures. These rituals are ancestral masquerades preformed within Yoruba culture and the Republic of Benin. Ancient African rituals vary largely in their performance and meaning. The term Egungun often refers to all masked figures found among the ritual‚ which are those targeted by Leonce Raphael Abgodjelou in his art exhibit. The Egungun ritual is a performance funeral‚ marking
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The impact of the connection between Europeans and indigenous people was beneficial to Europeans but a tragedy of many for the native people. A respected person named Christopher Columbus went on voyages to find a way to travel to Asia but he ended up meeting the Indies in Central America. He was recognized by other explorers that wanted to explore America. Europeans called the new territory the New World but there were already developed societies. Europeans saw America as a new place to seize new
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he result if European exploration in the early modern time period between 1450 and 1750 negatively impacted the foreign nations that it came in contact with by exhibiting various failed labor systems‚ countries restricting foreign interaction as well as trade and the rise of the Portuguese in the Atlantic Slave Trade. One effect of the expansion of Europeans was various unsuccessful labor systems in the Americas‚ Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa‚ a Spanish missionary‚ expressed his opinion about the
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organization. Their mission is to improve access to education‚ health‚ promote and protect the rights of children‚ young people and women‚ and to provide opportunities for income generation. Between 2008 and 2012‚ SUFA is supporting development projects in Benin‚ Côte d’Ivoire‚ Ghana‚ Kenya‚ Uganda‚ and Nigeria. They have recently sent over 100 laptops to Uganda with the help of the USA’s One Laptop Per Child organization. In the past five years‚ SUFA has helped Mozambique reduce poverty from 70% to 55%
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and children to migrate to unsafe territory‚ and increasing their vulnerability to poverty‚ abduction and human trafficking . These conditions directly expose them to rape and forced prostitution . Prisoners of war are trafficked into Gabon from Benin‚ Nigeria‚ Togo and Mali for prostitution‚ while others are brought as housemaids and eventually forced to become prostitutes . Human trafficking forces many innocent women and children to live in fear of being exploited. However‚ Gabon is committed
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