scholarly journals Effect of Rape on Physical and Psychological Aspects of Girl Child in Northern Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Halima Ali Buratai ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Cultural Barrier ◽  
Fear Of Victimization ◽  
Serious Crime ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Social Agencies

Rape is considered as a heartrending moment in a woman’s or girl’s life, it is reality but remain hidden to appropriate authority due to certain distress associated with stigma against the survivor, fear of victimization, cultural barrier, religious sentiments, shame influential, and lack of cognizance on human right. Rape is simply when sexual intercourse occur without ones consent (not willing) or force a person to have sexual intercourse against his/her will, it happen when someone is intoxicated from alcohol or drugs and sometimes for ritual purpose. It can be through vagina, anus or mouth. In northern Nigeria, rape is defined under section 282 of the panel code as. (a) Any act of rape against her will, (b) obtained by putting her fear, threats or death, (iii) with her consent when the man knows that he is not her husband and that her concern is given because she believes that he is the man who to whom she is or believe herself to be lawfully married to, (iv) with or without her consent when she is under fourteen years of age. The main objective of this paper is to examine the following. Why do men rape? How does rape harm victims psychologically? , What should I do if I have been raped? How can I protect myself from rape? What is the best way to prevent STD. Rape as felony, is among the most serious crime a person can commit, men as well as women and children can be raped. This paper will seek an answer to the above questions and provide some recommendations which will be of great importance to social agencies, survivors, parents and security agencies.

scholarly journals Cultural Barriers to Education of the Girl Child and Its Implication to Educational Attainment of the Oroko Children in Secondary Schools in the Kumba Municipality

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Ajongakoh Raymond Bella
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Great Part ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Cultural Barrier ◽  
Barriers To Education ◽  
The Government

The purpose of this study was to investigate the cultural practices that pose a barrier to female educational attainment of the Oroko people. Looking at the cultural barrier to the education of the girl child and its implication on educational attainment, the researcher realized that culture has played a great part in the attainment of education of the girl child in the Oroko land. The population of this study was made up of three secondary schools in the Kumba municipality. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. Data was analyzed by the use of descriptive and inferential statictics. The results showed that cultural barriers such as early marriages and the preference of the boy child’s education over that of a girl child affect the girls’ educational attainment in the Oroko land. Based on the finding the researcher recommended that the government should open schools in all villages so as to encourage the girls to go to school, the few girls who are already in school should try and impress their parents so that can change their mentality and conception that they have concerning female education.

Introducing the Human Rights Violations Dataset for the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey, 1990–2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Demet Yalcin Mousseau ◽  
Justin Napolitano ◽  
Alex Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Rebel Groups ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Kurdistan Workers Party ◽  
Kurdish Conflict ◽  
Conflict Research

AbstractThis study introduces a new event dataset on the human rights violations in the Kurdish conflict in Turkey perpetrated by both the State and the armed rebel group, the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party), from 1990 to 2018. The dataset codes human rights violation events that victimize civilians, including women and children, identifying the perpetrator, type of victim, type of human right violation, and the place of the violation. The categories of human rights violations include the physical and political rights drawn from the laws and treaties adopted by the U.N., such as killings or deaths of civilians, illegal detention and arrests, and freedom of peaceful assembly. The dataset is useful in examining the trends and motives of perpetrators in committing these violations and for seeking to understand the extent to which state and non-state rebel groups abide by international norms in armed conflicts. The framework of this dataset, although developed for the Kurdish conflict, is applicable and can be extended to other armed conflict cases, facilitating cross-conflict research on a more comparative basis.

scholarly journals DASAR KEWENANGAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH KABUPATEN BADUNG DALAM MEMBERIKAN STANDAR PELAYANAN BAGI PEREMPUAN DAN ANAK KORBAN KEKERASAN

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anak Agung Istri Ari Atu Dewi
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
The Right ◽  
Service Standards

Base on Article 28 G paragraph (1) The Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia to declare,that every person has the right to protection of self, family, material, dignity, and propertyunder his control, and has the right to feel secure and protection from threats to do ornot to do that is a human right. In addition, under Article 20 of act Child Protection toregulate that the State, government, society, family, and the parents are obliged responsiblefor the implementation of child protection. In article 5 of act on the Elimination of DomesticViolence to declare that every person is prohibited from domestic violence against people inthe scope of the household by means of: physical violence; psychological violence; sexualviolence; or neglect of household.Based on the reality that exsistence of women and children are the group who are becomingvictims of violence. Many factors contribute to the violence against women and children,among which is a factor of a patriarchal culture that is still views women is lower than inmen. Another thing is also very influence violence as a false perception of violence whichconsiders that violence as a matter of course, and the rights of the offender.The purpose of research is to determine the authority of local government in providingprotection for women and children victims of violence. So, want to know the forms andmechanisms of a given service standards Badung regency administration especially to womenand children victims of violence. Specific targets to be achieved is to provide information tothe public that is legally local governments have the authority to provide service standardsand to determine also whether local governments already have a minimum service standardsand other forms of care is given to women and children victims of violence , given the manywomen and children victims of violence have not got a good service or minimum service asa form of protection for women and children victims of violence. The method is normativeresearch.Base on discussion can be presented , the first, that authority Badung Government in providingservice standards for women and children victims of violence. That service standards hasbeen regulated in act Number. 15 of 2013, that is the title of act the Protection of Womenand Children Victims of Violence. Second, that the standard services forms of BadungGovernment have five (5) types of shapes minimum service standards.

scholarly journals The Negative Impact of Boko Haram Insurgency on Women and Children in Northern Nigeria: An Assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Mustapha Alhaji Ali ◽  
Ummu Atiyah Ahmad Zakuan ◽  
Mohammad Zaki bin Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negative Impacts

This paper studies the negative impacts of Boko Haram insurgency on women and children in northern Nigeria. Indeed, Boko Haram has affected the lives of the general populace in northern Nigeria, precisely women and children, by turning the women to widows and children to orphans, the negative events of the sect groups have continually coursing a serious damage to the lives and properties of the peoples in the northern region. The researcher used the Secondary source in acquiring the appropriate data. The study found that this set of individuals and their negative activities have affected the lives and properties of women and children. It is noted that many women have turned to widows and children to orphans. In view of this, the paper recommends that the government should intervein to provide the affected women and children with some empowerment programmes. It should also provide a good shelter to those that lost their husbands and residents, the government, traditional rulers, and religious leaders should help in assisting the children by enrolling them to schools like their fellow counterparts. There is a need for special rehabilitation and trauma centers in the affected states, especially for women and children who have had terrible knowledge during the insurgency period.

scholarly journals Follow-The-Money: Policy-Level Engagements for Girl Child STEM Education in Northern Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Ani, Nwachuchu Agwu ◽  
Onuoha, Onyekachi Chibueze ◽  
Lawal Hamzat
Keyword(s):  
Stem Education ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Political Accountability ◽  
Liberal Arts Education ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Girl Child

In Nigeria in the 1950s, a person with a liberal arts education was considered a truly educated person. The liberal arts education was for personal development and deployment in the administrative services and teaching but had little commercial scientific application. Admittedly, this era of generalists is dying, giving way for a new paradigm. The new paradigm is the knowledge economy. Now, to be an effective player in the knowledge economy, an individual needs specialised knowledge and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education is the building block. In Northern Nigeria, there is a problem - STEM is still generally seen as courses for the men while the women are encouraged by their parents to pursue careers in the liberal arts when they did not drop out. The resultant effect is a reinforcement of gender inequality and economic disparities which negates the spirit of Sustainable Development Goals. Disturbed by the trend, Connected Development with support from development partners, is using her innovative Follow-The-Money project to pilot grassroots-based advocacy aimed against STEM-inclined stereotypes and out-of-school syndrome - which disproportionately affects the girl child. The campaign methodology involves surveying and profiling dilapidated schools in rural communities and peri-urban areas in Northern Nigeria and conveying findings to political authorities and policymakers for intervention. While political accountability must be extracted from authorities, we engage social/informal institutions to build up interest for girl child education. Follow The Money is challenging stereotypes, social norms and cultural practices impeding the uptake of STEM education and also strengthening informal structures to demand political accountability. Through high-level engagements, results show unprecedented reconstruction and rehabilitation of dilapidated schools and enrolments are soaring. Undoubtedly, the proportion of girls taking up interests in STEM has improved remarkably. Follow-The-Money is now scaling-up across the 36 states in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge and attitude about child abuse amongst parents visiting a tertiary care hospital in Bengaluru, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1105
Author(s):  
Poornima Shankar ◽  
Avinash Agrawal ◽  
Akash B. K. ◽  
Mansi Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Physical Punishment ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Child abuse is one of the problems in our society which still needs to be highlighted for general public in our country. It is a pressing human right issue and public health concern and the efforts to assess the awareness and mass education is very limited. Current study aimed to access knowledge and attitude for child abuse among parents attending a tertiary care hospital.Methods: The study was conducted amongst parents visiting pediatric OPD at Kempegowda institute of medical sciences, Bengaluru. Total 200 Parents were required to answer a series of questionnaire and then was statically analyzed.Results: It was seen that majority of parents lack knowledge regarding child abuse, 25% of parents believe that child abuse is just sexual violence, 23% parents thought that stubborn children can only be handled by physical punishment, 46% parents believed that only a girl child can be a victim of sexual abuse and only 19% had firm belief that boys can also be victim, 45% of parents believed that it is necessary to discuss with the child before making important decision concerning them, 35% parents were against the corporal punishment.Conclusions: There is a need to evolve strategies to protect the children from abuse and the measures should address both boys and girls and minimize impact.

scholarly journals IoT Based Smart Security and Safety System for Women and Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Srinivasan K ◽  
Navaneetha T ◽  
Nivetha R ◽  
Mithun Sugadev K
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Safety Measure ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Current Location ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Psychological Balance ◽  
Day By Day

Now a days, women and children are facing various issues like sexual assaults. Such violence will definitely have huge impact on the lives of victim. It also affects their health and their psychological balance. These kinds of violence keep on increasing day by day. Even school children are kidnapped and sexually abused. We are living in a society where a nine months old girl child doesn’t have security, the child was kidnapped, raped and then murdered. On witnessing those violations against women, its impulses us to do something for women and children safety. So, in this project we have planned to propose a device which will act as a tool to provide security and ensures the safety of the women and the children. Microcontroller, GSM and GPS module are used to send notifications and current location of women to various mobile numbers in their contact. In addition, this project will also act as a safety measure which will stun the opposition for few seconds. This project will help us to rescue many women and children from those fiendish in the society.

scholarly journals Ethics and Child Nutrition

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urban Jonsson
Keyword(s):  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Ethical Aspect ◽  
World Summit ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Logical Deduction ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Adequate Care ◽  
The World ◽  
Women And Children

All problems in society have a scientific and an ethical aspect. Science tells us what can be done, whereas ethics tells us what should be, ought to be, or must be done. Actions that both should be done and can be done are doable actions. Science is advanced mostly by observation and logical deduction or induction. Ethics, in contrast, is advanced by consensus through reflection, dialogue, enquiry, and sometimes struggle. Adequate care of children and women has only recently been fully recognized as a human right. The UNICEF triple-A approach of assessment, analysis, and action is designed to lead to more effective and better-focused actions for ensuring adequate care of underprivileged women and children. A rights-based approach, combining goal-based and duty-based ethical theories, is also proposed. Combined with the triple-A process, this provides a holistic response for addressing nutrition problems. The international goals of the World Summit for Children represent moral minima, accepted and supported by all major religions and political ideologies.

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