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Beijing Declaration and Women’s Property Rights in Nigeria
Sheriff F. Folarin & Oluwakemi D. Udoh7
In Nigeria, women have suffered various forms of discrimination and oppression during property sharing, especially in terms of land for economic purposes and other physical assets. The challenge has been that, in patriarchal societies, like Nigeria, women are regarded as subservient to men and are never considered in property sharing. Rather, the woman is often regarded as part of the property to be shared especially during the loss of her spouse. What is most disturbing is that, though statutory law and international laws have affirmed women’s rights to land and other property, women are often denied access and ownership to property due to unfavorable customary practices. This paper examines women’s property rights in Nigeria. In doing so, it looks critically into Nigeria’s compliance with the 1995 Beijing Platform of Action. It also identifies some factors such as customary and statutory laws as responsible for the discrimination of women vis-à-vis their rights to property and inheritance. In addition to these, it concludes that, the 1995 Beijing Declaration is yet to be fully integrated and domesticated in the national legislations that protect women and their rights to property. In carrying out this research, secondary sources were consulted. Recommendations were made bordering on equality between men and women and gender-sensitivity in legal institutions.
The growth of information and communication technology (ICT) and especially the use of internet have influenced the method of delivering content in most higher institutions world wide (Tella, 2011). This has led to shift in content creation, integration, and delivery in modern classrooms. Seemingly, this has also changed how both learners and teachers access that content. According to the current technology trends, most learners can access content from anywhere in both space and time using mobile devices and other personal digital assistants (PDA’s) (Sharma, & Kitchens, 2004). Studies in second language learning reveal learning challenges in vocabulary acquisition. This study explores how second language learners and teachers use MIT app-inventor mobile apps on android devices to enrich their vocabulary learning experience. The purpose of this paper is to propose pedagogical intervention with regard to vocabulary teaching and give recommendations for future research on mobile apps.
In the political science context, the term ‘manifesto’ generally refers to a published verbal declaration of the intentions, motives, and views of a political party through which it persuades the electorate to vote for it in an election. In a way it is a summary of the promises the party commits to deliver on if elected into the position of power. But elections are not won or lost solely through party manifestos. In certain instances a number of factors which prevail during the build-up to an election play a critical role in determining the outcome of an election. In other instances the perceptions held by the electorate about a political party pre-determine their decision to vote for or against such a political party. Using South Africa as a case study, this article expounds the thesis that the party manifesto does not by itself determine the outcome of an election. The examples of the National Party (NP) under apartheid and the African National congress (ANC) under the new political dispensation are used to test this thesis. A new thesis removing agency from the manifesto is proffered as a more complex and critical way of understanding party politics in a general sense.
This article focuses on the global context of HIV with a focus on Kenya. The following issues are discussed: (a) Global context of HIV/AIDS, (b) HIV/AIDS in Africa: Prevalence and Impact; (c) HIV/AIDS in Kenya: Prevalence and Severity; (d) Effects of HIV/AIDS on health care and traditional forms of care; (e) Programs, Strategies and initiatives for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment; and (f) Evaluation of the HIV/AIDS programs. The conclusion suggests a need for evidenced based practices that can effectively be utilized to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in a developing country. Also, the importance of emphasizing education, awareness, and reverence for life to spread the work that AIDS can be prevented. Through the identification of strategies that can be utilized moving forward, this article addresses seeks to provide strategies for the success of the African Union to strives for an integrated, prosperous andpeaceful Africa, driven by its owncitizens and representing a dynamicforce in global arena.
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