THERE is an urgent need for more advocacy to be carried out with a view to getting more commitment from every stakeholder in the society, to the plight of Vesico VaginalFistula(VVF) patients, even as the National Demographic Health Survey revealed that no fewer 12,000 women developed VVF every year in Nigeria. The condition, which occurs as a result of an abnormal hole between the bladder and vagina of a sufferer, characterised by continuous and uncontrollable leakage of urine, is common where ignorance
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Home JournalsBooksAbout UsMembershipSubscriptionAllies & FriendsContact us Culture And Child Abuse In Nigeria Charity N. Uzuegbu Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Abstract Cultural practises have been observed to increase the abuse of children in Nigeria. This paper discusses the effects of cultural practices on the abuse of children in Nigeria. Some of the cultural practices discussed are early marriage, female genital mutilation, and desire for large family
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WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL POLICY ON WOMEN IN NIGERIA Olubunmi Aderemi Sokefun Abstract This paper discusses the document on women in Nigeria (National Policy on Women). Several past administrations in this country have treated women issues and affairs with calculated levity: Carefully side - tracking or blatantly refusing to accord it the necessary attention. It is now a thing to gladden the hearts of all women of Nigeria that, "after four attempts by four former heads of Nigeria's Government
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