Gender equality has been one of the most prevalent issues in our society. The difference between the sex and gender roles of men and women are so much being debated on today. Radical feminist believe that biology difference is the reason for gender equality between men and women while the ...
Regional variations and gender inequality index were the state level predictors of malnutrition among children in Nigeria. This study has shown that two-third of children aged 6–59 months in Nigeria were poorly nourished, an indication of a growing concern of double burden of malnutrition in ...
Women, gender equality in Nigeria: a critical analysis of socio-economic and political (gender issues) More fundamentally women have been subjected to domination by men. This is as a result of persisting cultural stereotype abuse of religious and traditional... DE Ekpe - 《Journal Research in Pe...
The literature reviewed surfaced two important issues that research-led plant breeding should consider to be gender-responsive. First, contextual factors gain greater attention in both literatures that use and do not use a gender lens concerning access to improved varieties compared to the design of ...
Gender-vulnerability differential among smallholder farmers in Nigeria Full size image To determine the final index, each of the indicators was normalized so that they will be free from their respective units and lie between min = 0 and max = 1. Equal weightage values were assigned to each vari...
Over the years, emerging issues such as HIV/AIDS, poverty, gender inequality, among others, gained wider recognition. This necessitated a review of the 1988 National Population Policy, giving way to the National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development launched in February 2005 by the then...
Additionally, women’s roles in decision-making about health interventions, including the use of ITNs, can be influenced by socio-cultural factors and gender dynamics [35]. The objective of this study was to examine the knowledge of malaria prevention and its associated factors among women of ...
The results showed significant differences in the different regions in terms of engagement in informal activities, including the age of respondents (chi = 784.38; p < 0.000), gender (chi = 1400; p < 0.000), education (chi = 1700; p < 0.000), marital status (chi = 663; p < 0.000) ...
[20]. In Nigeria, preferential support is given to males perpetuating gender inequality and contributing to the lack of education and gender-based violence experienced by female adolescents. Adolescent girls from the Igbo ethnic group are particularly at high risk of pregnancy, as the patriarchal ...
gender of household head, household size, land ownership status, formal education of at least 6 years, asset value, production shocks, access to extension services, distance from a market in kilometers, food insecurity index, annual mean temperature, annual mean precipitation, mean temperature of ...