PUBLIC POLICY AND GENDER POLITICS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Despite the seemingly progressive actions by various regimes to redress women's conditions, the institutional environment dominated by men manifest contradictory gender politics. In Nigeria, as elsewhere, power relations are predicated on gender, which may be exercised in different domains (Pereira 2002:1). This chapter examines public policy and gender politics in governance, the social sector (widowhood practices) and education. PUBLIC
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on the economic Development of Nigeria The incidence of the Niger Delta militants groups and its consequences to entrepreneurial development in Nigeria Evaluate the power, composition and functions of NDDC Assess the impact of the multinationals in the Nigerian Economy with regard to FDI and FPI Youths and entrepreneurial Development: Realty or Myth Evaluate the implementation of MDGs and the realization of the objectives by 2015. The effect of entrepreneurial development on poverty reduction
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Gender Identity Gender Identity Gender identity is a complex and multi-dimensional element of a person (Egan & Perry, 2001). Gender identity is the self – identification as male or female. Gender identity, however, is not the same as sexual orientation (Sue, Sue, & Sue, 2010). Both biological and environmental factors contribute to one’s gender identity. Many people have the assumption that there are male and female hormones that determine gender identity (Pinel, 2009). However, this
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Walking Dead television series sends a double layered message about gender. Aggression, compassion, and emotional intelligence displayed by both genders on the show, but underlying differences exist because of how the two genders react to their new environment. Three key differences are implied about genders: first men are more aggressive than women; men and women behave differently even under the same situations, and that both genders have advantages and disadvantages in their quest for survival.
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common features are in relation to gender, age, social class, geographical background among other features. In adverse situations, discriminatory acts have often resulted into conflicts in the society therefore an array of devastating consequences. In addition, equitable development in most societies has often been compromised by cases of inequalities at different levels. Central in the discriminatory acts is cases of inequality exercised towards the feminine gender. Over the years, the women have been
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Hopkins University psychologist was receiving considerable attention for his ideas on the biology of gender and sexuality. He promoted the theory that a child’s gender identity (i.e., the identification of the self as male or female) was determined by environmental variables such as the social conditions in which the child is raised. This idea is a form of the “nurture theory” of development. A competing view is the so-called “nature theory”; that is, the idea that a person’s innate qualities
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masking emotional expression. For western popular culture adolescents emotions based on gender differences are widely held. Learning to express emotions is the key feature of healthy social emotional development (Chaplin, 2012). This paper is going to talk about the adolescents and their emotions and what roles that partake in everyday life for them. Explaining what affects the different roles in each gender as well. Emotions are a source of information and basis for judgment and action relevant
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According to the DMS-5 in order to be diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria there must be a patent difference between the individual desired or expressed gender and her or his biological gender, it must has a consistency for at least six months. In the case of children, the existing and present desire must be expressed or verbalized. Gender dysphoria can be displayed in a variation of ways. It could include strong need to be seen and treated as the opposite sex and a significant disgust for natal sex’s
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101 December 10, 2012 Gender Inequality: How Women get the Short Stick Gender equality and gender roles go hand in hand in today’s economy. These two concepts complement each other to the extent in which one must know about both to fully understand the capacity of either. Gender roles are roles each sex is given. These are stereotypical things. For example, things like women cook and males work. In todays economy men and women are not equal. Gender inequality and gender roles are one of our countries
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improvement of the quality of education. Women are still less likely than boys to even start secondary education in Western, Eastern and Middle Africa and Southern Asia. Enrolment is less of a problem in OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, where education is generally compulsory up to age 15-16. But men are more likely to drop out before completing secondary education, particularly in the high-income countries. As a result, in many countries across the world younger
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