gender violence in nigeria

Gender in niGeria report 2012 improvinG the lives of Girls and women in niGeria pdf

Gender in niGeria report 2012 improvinG the lives of Girls and women in niGeria pdf

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 06:20
... processes in Nigeria and examine the evidence on gender and general inequality in Nigeria using composite economic indicators Ways in which horizontal inequalities interact with economic inequality ... Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the Lives of Girls and Women in Nigeria 3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA This section discusses economic development in Nigeria since ... owning a business has become the main source of income for 19.5 million adult Nigerians (EFInA, 2011) 23% of the respondents in this survey indicated “own business” as the main source of income,...
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báo cáo sinh học:" Workplace violence and gender discrimination in Rwanda’s health workforce: Increasing safety and gender equality" ppt

báo cáo sinh học:" Workplace violence and gender discrimination in Rwanda’s health workforce: Increasing safety and gender equality" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 17:20
... violence in controlling women’s behavior [18] Violence against women in Rwanda seems to have been enshrined in traditional sayings and buttressed by de facto and de jure discrimination in all spheres ... following the experience of violence Gender discrimination and workplace violence In this section, we examine the influence of gender discrimination and violence To what extent is gender discrimination ... stereotypes, discriminatory behavior, and all forms of violence against women Finally, HR managers should institute nondiscrimination and antiviolence policies in workplace guidelines and codes of...
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Báo cáo y học: "Facing medical care problems of victims of sexual violence in Goma/Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo"

Báo cáo y học: "Facing medical care problems of victims of sexual violence in Goma/Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 10:06
... females in- and outside the hospital Our results regarding inconsistencies in post-discharge care of sexually abused females are in line with the findings of the United Nations panel reporting unmet ... are in short supply and can therefore not even be administered to patients presenting within 48-72 hours following sexual violence The low number of hospitals caring for victims of sexual violence ... Violence in a Conflict Setting in Eastern Congo: Case Studies Reprod Health Matters 2008, 16:132-141 Human Rights Watch: The war within the war: Sexual violence against women and girls in Eastern...
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The gender gap in workplace authority

The gender gap in workplace authority

Ngày tải lên : 01/11/2013, 07:20
... tasks: analyzing the net gender gap in authority within countries; examining whether the gender gaps in authority within countries take the form of a ``glass ceiling''; and, exploring a variety ... gender gap in simply being in the authority hierarchy As the results in Figure 9.3 indicate, this is only nominally the case in three countries ± Australia, the United Kingdom and Japan And in only ... authority gap is at least partially the result of the interests of men in maintaining male predominance in the authority hierarchy, then the incentive for them to try to so would be stronger when...
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Tài liệu Traumatic Gynecologic Fistula as a Consequence of Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings: A Literature Review doc

Tài liệu Traumatic Gynecologic Fistula as a Consequence of Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings: A Literature Review doc

Ngày tải lên : 12/02/2014, 23:20
... Leonean doctor and nurse to an intensive fistula training course in Nigeria Following this training in the fall of 2001, 321 patients have been screened in Sierra Leone, and 86 operations have been ... by querying individuals and organizations working on this issue, who were identified both through extensive networking and through Internet searching In particular, the Google search engine (http://www.google.com) ... at an increased risk for unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV Rape during armed conflicts plays a significant role in spreading HIV and exacerbating the...
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Tài liệu Traumatic Gynecologic Fistula: A Consequence of Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings doc

Tài liệu Traumatic Gynecologic Fistula: A Consequence of Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings doc

Ngày tải lên : 12/02/2014, 23:20
... Sexual Violence in Confict Settings Several factors exacerbate SGBV in conflict settings: Increased militarization and decreased respect for international law Undermining of international institutions ... cutting, female genital cutting [FGC], or foreign bodies inserted into the vagina) Sexual violence, including rape, defilement, or forcible insertion of objects into the vagina, is the major cause ... training in fistula repair techniques Training includes several components, including a clear understanding of the anatomy of the urogenital system, as well as surgical techniques for fistula, including...
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Tài liệu Women’s health in prison Correcting gender inequity in prison health ppt

Tài liệu Women’s health in prison Correcting gender inequity in prison health ppt

Ngày tải lên : 12/02/2014, 23:20
... counselling, training, peer support and harmreduction measures • There are often deficiencies in the provision of training provided to prison staff Gendersensitive training and training on the ... the best interest of the children must be the main and determining factor in decisions regarding women’s imprisonment, including putting the needs of the children first when considering whether ... following has to be considered against a social background in which gender sensitivity remains lacking in all policies and the gap in gender equality is unacceptable in many societies In deciding...
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Tài liệu Male reproductive control of women who have experienced intimate partner violence in the United States docx

Tài liệu Male reproductive control of women who have experienced intimate partner violence in the United States docx

Ngày tải lên : 13/02/2014, 16:20
... (2008) Intimate partner violence and interference with women's efforts to avoid pregnancy in Jordan Studies in Family Planning, 39(2), 123-132 Coggins, M & Bullock, L.F (2003) The wavering line in ... removing the condom during sex; compromising the condom (e.g covertly biting holes in the condom before putting it on); not putting the condom on but saying he did; refusing to use condoms; accusing ... fetus interrupting, obstructing or sabotaging abortion appointments (sometimes resulting in the woman having an abortion at a later gestation than she desired); sabotaging abortion plans by forcing...
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Tài liệu PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY docx

Tài liệu PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY docx

Ngày tải lên : 18/02/2014, 07:20
... government institutions In views of the findings of this research, the authors recommended the following actions, for proper application of PM tools and techniques in Lagos State and Nigeria in general; ... practiced efficiently would result in tangible benefit in all aspects of planning, scheduling and monitoring the time, cost and specifications of projects In Nigeria, the implementation of modern ... well established in public sector, this results into failure of public institutions and their contractors in performing their duties concerning the budget, specifications and deadlines of the projects...
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Tài liệu Child Survival in Nigeria: Situation, Response, and Prospects ppt

Tài liệu Child Survival in Nigeria: Situation, Response, and Prospects ppt

Ngày tải lên : 18/02/2014, 15:20
... inefficiency in managing scarce resources In addition, limited funds budgeted for programmes involving children were late in reaching implementing officers, thus posing a further constraint in ... their breathing muscles are paralysed Widely endemic in five continents in 1998, polio is now concentrated in parts of the Indian sub-continent and sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria Since the ... capacity building and training The NPI has the task of providing vaccines, strengthening the cold chain system as well as giving technical support to the LGAs, monitoring and evaluating routine immunisation...
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Tài liệu Productivity and Technical Efficiency of Poultry Egg Production in Nigeria doc

Tài liệu Productivity and Technical Efficiency of Poultry Egg Production in Nigeria doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/02/2014, 01:20
... led to increase in technical inefficiency or decrease in T.E of poultry egg production in the study area The priori expectation is that T.E should increase with increase in years of schooling and ... decreasing function to the factor indicating over use and in stage III This was due to the ad-libitum mode of feeding poultry The return to scale (RTS) was 0.771 indicating a positive decreasing ... Egg Production in Nigeria Of recent, there has been a recorded improvement in poultry production sub sector in Nigeria with its share of the Gross Domestic product (GDP) increasing in absolute terms...
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Tài liệu MATERNAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA WITH LEADERSHIP, PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE potx

Tài liệu MATERNAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA WITH LEADERSHIP, PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE potx

Ngày tải lên : 21/02/2014, 14:20
... Delay in Receiving Quality Care To address the delay in receiving quality care, the government’s focus is on constructing or refurbishing existing facilities in each of Ondo State’s 18 LGAs, hiring ... priorities In achieving the MDG target of reducing global maternal mortality by 75 percent, progress in Nigeria could prove pivotal In 2010, an estimated 40,000 Nigerian women died in childbirth ... maternal health an increasingly important element in U.S global health efforts, manifested most recently with the launch in June 2012 of the Saving Mothers, Giving Life initiative The initiative, an...
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY IN HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGIES pdf

HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY IN HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGIES pdf

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 13:20
... pertaining to health and obtaining healthrelated services The adoption of CEDAW in 1979 marked a turning point CEDAW's preamble explains that, despite the existence of other instruments in which ... reducing health inequities through action on the underlying determinants of health15,16 Given the many inter-linkages between PHC, underlying determinants of health, a HRBA and gender mainstreaming, ... system and ensuring that health systems functions such as health information, health financing, and leadership and governance (including policy-making) create sustainable, enabling environments...
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National Strategic Framework on the Health & Development of Adolescents & Young People in Nigeria ppt

National Strategic Framework on the Health & Development of Adolescents & Young People in Nigeria ppt

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 21:20
... risks of compromising their health and well-being In Nigeria, child trafficking and prostitution have come under increased attention in recent times Street trading, working in drinking parlours are ... greater in the professions, such as Medicine, academic teaching, engineering, architecture and the law, which is overwhelmingly dominated by men while others such as nursing, teaching are dominated ... people to work In many poor communities, children can be found engaging in shining 20 shoes and hawking on the streets, herding the family’s livestock or fetching water and fuel, or working as domestic...
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Bank Savings and Bank Credits in Nigeria: Determinants and Impact on Economic Growth doc

Bank Savings and Bank Credits in Nigeria: Determinants and Impact on Economic Growth doc

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 10:20
... following reasons: (i) It is high nominal interests that indeed influence savers in Nigeria rather than the real rate This is in agreement with Uchendu (1993)’s finding “that nominal savings interest ... increase in volume of all monies in circulation in the economy Efficient financial intermediation will increase financial deepening Effective financial deepening (which is also a proxy for financial ... main determinant of financial savings in Nigeria However, real rate is still Bank Savings and Bank Credits in Nigeria: Determinants and Impact on Economic Growth 367 significant in impacting...
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Domestic Water Pollution among Local Communities in Nigeria ----Causes and Consequences pot

Domestic Water Pollution among Local Communities in Nigeria ----Causes and Consequences pot

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 23:20
... Nations, the available domestic water in the communities is increasingly polluted daily The estimated 140 million people are continuously drinking water containing all kinds of germs, heavy metals, bacteria ... guinea-worm infections in 1991, with Nigeria being among the 13 key African countries where continuous drinking of polluted water in the rural communities have accounted for the disease spread In May ... of the people in Katsina-Ala Local Government area of Benue state are affected by urinary schistosomiasis, due to increased in water pollution index Some previous investigations indicate that...
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MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH IN NIGERIA: WHERE ARE WE NOW? pptx

MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH IN NIGERIA: WHERE ARE WE NOW? pptx

Ngày tải lên : 08/03/2014, 15:20
... bold and new thinking on fast tracking comprehensive actions to change the course of maternal and child health • proposes a new way of thinking, resourcing and putting to action a minimum range of ... impact interventions, while simultaneously identifying and removing system-wide constraints that impede health care delivery MNCH Implementation Along the Continuum of Care • Spans life's beginnings: ... and pneumonia): strategy being fine tuned Current Strides To Meet MDG Targets • Health Financing – National Health Insurance and Community Based Health Insurance Scheme in selected states – MDGs...
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Social and Gender Analysis in Natural Resource Management    pptx

Social and Gender Analysis in Natural Resource Management       pptx

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 04:20
... being done in organizations in terms of capacity development, but also how this has been done or is being done, and what enabling and constraining factors are affecting the process of integrating ... issues; writing studies/stories; and planning KEY COMMON ISSUES In reviewing individual case studies and synthesizing the most striking things and the missing or underemphasized elements, nine common ... tools for SAGA in natural resource management research; to support interactive south–south networking and information exchange among researchers interested in integrating SAGA into natural resource...
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Gender inequality in health among elderly people in a combined framework of socioeconomic position, family characteristics and social support doc

Gender inequality in health among elderly people in a combined framework of socioeconomic position, family characteristics and social support doc

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 14:20
... combining the following five items : having a shower and/or a bath, having hot running water, having central or dispersed heating, having an elevator, and having a washing machine The resulting ... patterns depending on the health indicator analysed, as well as the differences in factors associated with each of them point out the importance of examining different health indicators in trying to understand ... socio-economic inequalities, simultaneously studying indicators of household living standards, household structure and social support is needed both in research on inequalities in health as well as in social...
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Ending Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo docx

Ending Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo docx

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 21:20
... definition of rape to include elements developed at the international level This puts the DRC in an interesting situation: definitional elements and crimes included in the International Criminal ... rapporteurs resulted in putting sexual violence in the DRC on the international diplomatic agenda vol.34:1 winter 2010 19 20 the fletcher forum of world affairs Documenting Sexual Violence Internationally ... more and more NGOs and international actors became involved in supporting victims of sexual violence, the UNFPA set up the abovementioned Joint Initiative against Sexual Violence toward Women...
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