scholarly journals BREAST IRONING: A RAPE OF THE GIRL-CHILD’S PERSONALITY INTEGRITY AND SEXUAL AUTONOMY

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Titi Christiana Falana
Keyword(s):  
Female Child ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Sexual Autonomy ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
Natural Sense ◽  
Sense Of Justice

<p>Breast ironing also known as breast flattening, has been considered as one of the most widespread and systematic violations of the universal human rights to personal integrity and sexual autonomy perpetuated against the girl child. This exhilarating practice which is typically carried out by the girl’s mother on the pretext of protecting the female child from teenage sexual harassment and rape, early pregnancy and dropping out of school is unfortunately done to protect family name. Employing the qualitative research approach and the expository analytic method, this research reveals that this practice has ensuring clinical, psychological and social consequences on the female victim. The paper considers this practice a rape based on the fact that the female victim’s consent is never sought. Natural sense of justice demands that the victim whose personality integrity and right to sexual autonomy was to be defiled and destroyed deserves to give an informed consent. Therefore, the paper concludes that this harmful practice is an abuse because it violently violates the girl child right full sexual autonomy and right to possess natural physiological endowment that adorns a woman. This paper therefore recommends that strict laws and penalties should be promulgated to totally abolish and eradicate this barbaric and horrific mutilation.</p>

scholarly journals The Influence of Family Leadership on Girl- Child School Dropout

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Angelina Shoo ◽  
Chrispina Lekule
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
School Dropout ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
School Dropouts ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
The Government ◽  
Family Leadership

Family leadership is one of the vital aspects that influences and determines both the wellbeing and successful education of a girl-child. Unfortunately, the role of family leadership in ensuring girls' education is oversimplified into getting girls enrolled in school rather than warranting their perseverance in learning and successful completion. As a result, many communities in Tanzania, especially those in rural and marginalized areas are experiencing persistent girl–child school dropouts. It is against this standpoint that we sought to find out how family leadership may influence secondary school girls’ dropouts. We also explored possible measures which should be employed to eliminate girl-child school dropouts. In conducting this study, we employed a mixed research approach and convergent parallel design. We collected data through interviews and questionnaires involving 143 respondents including girl students, teachers, heads of schools, and district educational officers. Our findings from this study indicate that while the government of Tanzania has made remarkable efforts to ensure girls’ continuity and successful completion of secondary education, there are a number of factors hindering girls’ continuity and completion of secondary education. Weak family leadership, the improper raising of the children, less emphasis and interest on the importance of girls’ education, limited cooperation between family leadership were among the reason for continuous girl-child school dropout. Hence, based on our findings and the significance of girl’s education as well as the role which parents should play in ensuring girls achievement of education, we appeal to various educational leaders, to make strategic efforts in raising more awareness among rural and marginalized communities about the importance of educating girls and the role of family leadership in bringing to an end the phenomena of girl-child school dropout which is catastrophic to the long-awaited sustainable development. Moreover, we call upon all parents, to make intentional efforts in mentoring and influencing girls to strive towards achieving formal education

scholarly journals Simultaneous presentation of post infectious glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever in an eight year old girl child

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 1810
Author(s):  
Jayasurya Suresh ◽  
Nidheesh Chandran R.
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Acute Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Simultaneous Presentation ◽  
Female Child ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Penicillin V ◽  
Post Infectious

An 8-year-old female child presented with simultaneous symptoms of post infectious glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever. The child was treated with penicillin V, Aspirin and she responded well to the treatment. However, this co presentation of acute rheumatic fever and post infectious glomerulonephritis in a child is rare and hence authors report the case. This sequela of streptococcal autoimmunity are considered to be pathogenetically distinct.

Gender and Demography in Asia (India and China)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Family And Marriage ◽  
And Gender

China and India together account for over one-third of the world’s population and both countries have considerably fewer women than men.. With long histories of skewed sex ratios and gender discrimination, these two countries have experienced a sharp decline in the birth of girls since the late 20th century. The unfolding and intimate relationship between gendered social structures, son preference, fertility decline, and new sex determination technologies has had serious demographic and social consequences, resulting in millions of “missing” girls, surplus males, bride shortages, and possibly, rising levels of gender violence. Even as women’s socio-economic indicators such as life expectancy, literacy, education, and fertility have improved, families continue to show a preference for sons raising questions between the tenuous relationship between development and gender equality. The advantages of raising sons over daughters, supported by traditional kinship, family, and marriage systems, appear to have got further entrenched in the era of neoliberal economies. Family planning policies of both nations, advocating small families, and the advent of pre-natal sex selection technologies further set the stage for the prevention of birth of daughters. Governments in both countries have since banned sex determination and launched policies and schemes to redress the gender imbalance and improve the value of the girl child. While these policies have not been highly successful, other social forces such as urbanization and rising educational levels are beginning to transform the way girls are perceived. A kernel of hope seems to be emerging at the beginning of the 21st century, as some improvement is visible in the sex ratio at birth in some of the worst affected regions in the two countries.

scholarly journals Victim Impact Statement Model in Criminal Justice System in Restorative Justice Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 07006
Author(s):  
Hervina Puspitosari ◽  
Bintara Sura Priambada
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Victim Impact Statement ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
Sense Of Justice

Practice of restorative justice is the handling of criminal acts that are not only seen from the perspective of the law, but also related to moral, social, economic, religious and customary aspects. Local customs, as well as various other restorative considerations will deal with the perpetrators, victims, and stakeholders in the community, in collective problem solving, the purpose of which is to repair damage, restore the quality of relationships and facilitate the reintegration of the parties involved and related. This study uses research methods with a normative juridical research approach. Restorative Justice, namely the punishment imposed by the court is a punishment aimed at maximizing the condition of the victim as before the criminal incident befell the victim. The issue of justice and respect for human rights does not only apply to criminals but also victims of crime who must get a sense of justice so that the objective of the criminal justice system can be achieved with a sense of justice for the victims and perpetrators. It is very important to immediately make efforts to reform the criminal law that puts forward the substantial justice of victims and perpetrators.

Sailing Along New Cleavages: Understanding the Electoral Success of the Swedish Pirate Party in the European Parliament Election 2009

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Demker
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
A Value ◽  
The World ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
Usual Concept ◽  
Party Family

In the Swedish European Parliamentary Election in 2009 the Swedish Pirate Party took two seats in the parliament and 7.1 per cent of the Swedish voters’ support. The party was absolutely new and the usual concept of populist parties does not seem to fit the Pirate movement very well. It is anti-authoritarian and aims to enhance civic liberties for youngsters, to give open access to culture through the internet and to improve personal integrity and human dignity on the World Wide Web. Transnationalism is one foundation for the party but another is a value foundation of universal human rights and individual freedom, disregarding national borders. This article is an investigation of the Pirate Party as a possible new party family, driven by new sociopolitical cleavages in the modern information society.

Critical Analysis of the Right to Education for Pregnant School-going Teenage Girls in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-85
Author(s):  
Isaiah M. Sefoka ◽  
◽  
Kola O. Odeku
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
The Right ◽  
Out Of School

Most inadvertently, teenage girls in school fall pregnant. Over recent years, South Africa has seen an exponential increase in teenage pregnancy. A significant number of pregnant teenage girls end up dropping out of school as often they are unable to cope with the huge responsibility associated with pregnancy, and some schools are not supportive of pregnant learners. However, pregnant teenage girls still have the right to education. To make it methodologically sound, this study utilized a literature review research approach, mainly sourced from google scholar search engine, to address issues relating to the legal protection of pregnant teenagers. The study found that, in schools, pregnant girls were discriminated against on different grounds, and sometimes expelled. The research presented consequences of teenage pregnancy such as, dropping out of school, loneliness, anxiety/stress, and so on. More importantly, using the jurisprudence of the South African courts, the paper accentuates that pregnant teenagers still have the right to education, and being pregnant cannot be used to deprive or deny them this fundamental human right. It prohibits discrimination in schools on the basis of pregnancy, and presents arguments for continuation of schooling, and all assistance needed to ensure that the right to education is protected at all costs, even during pregnancy.

Why the West is Perceived as Being Unworthy of Cooperation

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gorik Ooms
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social System ◽  
Natural Rights ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
The Social ◽  
Natural Sense ◽  
The One ◽  
Sense Of Justice ◽  
In Virtue Of

Natural selection generated a natural sense of justice. This natural sense of justice created a set of natural rights; rights humans accorded to each other in virtue of being members of the same tribe. Sharing the responsibility for natural rights between all members of the same tribe allowed humans to take advantage of all opportunities for cooperation. Human rights are the present day political emanation of natural rights. Theoretically, human rights are accorded by all humans to all humans in virtue of being humans; however, the idea that the corresponding responsibility is now shared among all humans is not broadly accepted. The natural sense of justice creates an ambiguity: on the one hand humans consider the nation they belong to as the social system that should guarantee their human rights (and likewise they do not consider themselves as having responsibility for the human rights of inhabitants of other nations); on the other hand, as cooperation between nations intensifies, expectations of global mutual responsibility increase as well.

Montesquieu's Story of the Troglodytes: Its Background, Meaning, and Significance

PMLA ◽  
1943 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 372-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro S. Crisafulli
Keyword(s):  
State Of Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Natural Sense ◽  
Sense Of Justice

The story of the Troglodytes in “Letters 11—14” of Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes is an allegory which deals with the problem of man's nature and its bearing on the origin and development of morality and society. The problem emerges from Montesquieu's treatment of the question whether society resulted from the natural benevolence, justice, and social instincts of man, or whether, on the contrary, it was the result of a compact of men devoid of a natural sense of justice. Montesquieu shows that the basis of the social instinct is natural equity; but his demonstration involves also—explicitly or implicitly—questions concerning man's state of nature, his primitive goodness, his knowledge of moral distinctions and obligations, his capability to act in a disinterested manner, the nature of virtue, and the relation of morality and religion.

scholarly journals Epidermoid Cyst of Tongue

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Lakshmi ◽  
KG Somashekara ◽  
NS Priya
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Epidermoid Cyst ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Female Child ◽  
Rare Tumor ◽  
Complete Excision ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Head And Neck Region

ABSTRACT Introduction Epidermoid cyst is a rare cyst in head and neck region. We report a case of epidermoid cyst of tongue presented in a girl child. Case report A female child presented with a swelling in her tongue. The swelling was excised completely. A diagnosis of epidermoid cyst of tongue was made. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. There was no recurrence after 6 months follow-up. Conclusion Epidermoid cyst of tongue is a rare tumor of tongue. Complete excision does not cause recurrence.

scholarly journals Analisis Faktor Penyebab Pernikahan Dini Pada Remaja Di Desa Mentajoi Kecamatan Serawai Kabupaten Sintang

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Friska Devi ◽  
Imran Imran ◽  
Iwan Ramadhan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors causing early marriage in Mentajoi Village, Serawai District, Sintang District, and the impact of early marriage. The research approach used is a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. Data collection techniques are interviews and documentation. The data collection tool used was a combination of interviews and documentation. The data analysis techniques used were data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This study indicates that the occurrence of early marriage in Mentajoi Village is caused by two factors, namely internal and external factors. The internal factor is having made a biological relationship and the factor of education. External factors are caused by parents, namely parental education that is low so that they are submissive and lack supervision, and cultural customs factors, namely violating customary law. The impact of early marriage is the obstruction of freedom of expression in looking for work in an economy, difficulties in fulfilling needs, dropping out of school, which makes it difficult to find work.

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