Papers by Grace Atije Tonye Scent
RESEARCH JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES
The impact of discrimination, subjugation and marginalization has negatively affected the psyche ... more The impact of discrimination, subjugation and marginalization has negatively affected the psyche of women, particularly those in the rural areas of south east Nigeria. But with the emergence of August meeting, a new change has occurred. On the basis of this, this study interrogated the essence of August meeting and its change mantra, especially its economic self reliance strategy for ameliorating the deplorable living conditions of rural women in the Igbo ethnic group of southeast Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive and survey research designs and data collection through structured questionnaires; focus group discussions and in- depth-interviews. Among the findings, the study revealed that August meeting is nowadays more than ever very committed to changing the ugly narrative of Igbo women through the building of basic socio-economic infrastructure in rural areas. Through the activities of August meeting and its change mantra, the economic self reliance of women has improved ...
African Journal of Health Sciences, Sep 10, 2021
The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 2017
The negative consequences of non-use of contraceptives on reproductive health are well documented... more The negative consequences of non-use of contraceptives on reproductive health are well documented. The role of contraceptive use in attaining the desired number of children in Nigeria is yet to receive adequate academic investigation. The central concern of this paper was to examine how socio-cultural and economic variables influence contraceptive use and desire for less number of children among currently married women of reproductive age (15-49) in Nigeria. The data were derived from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and health Survey (NDHS). The NDHS collected data on current background characteristics, contraceptive methods, desire for more children, and number of living children, among others. The 23,933 currently married women respondents who had provided responses to questions on contraceptive use methods and desire for more children constitute the sample. The study found large disparities among correlated variables as factors determining contraceptive use and desire for more child...
Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2020
because their contributions have been remarkable despite the challenges they face. In this vein, ... more because their contributions have been remarkable despite the challenges they face. In this vein, the study suggests that gender education should be a priority to halt all forms of discriminatory practices against female entrepreneurs and in the same vein, calls for elimination of prejudices and customary practices that are based on the idea of the inferiority or superiority of either sex or on stereotyped roles for men and women. Above all, government should, through financial institutions, grant free interest loans to encourage female entrepreneurs plunge themselves into businesses to sustain the breaking of the glass ceilings.
Revista Brasileira de Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade, 2020
opportunity. In this light, the study recommends that as a security organization in a democracy, ... more opportunity. In this light, the study recommends that as a security organization in a democracy, the Nigeria police should understand that democracy demands that the human personality in its course of development should be allowed to proceed without artificial forces or barricade so long as it actively does not violate the safety and reasonable right of others. In addition, there should be other far-reaching reforms and reorientations necessary to bring Nigeria's policing operations into conformity with constitutional and international human rights standards.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Mar 13, 2023
Social insecurity is increasingly becoming a permanent feature of the Nigerian social formation. ... more Social insecurity is increasingly becoming a permanent feature of the Nigerian social formation. The Niger Delta region of South-south Nigeria has had more than a fair share of social insecurity which is believed to have adversely affected industries and tourism industry in particular. It is on this premise that this study sets out to investigate the impact of social insecurity on development of tourism and hospitality industry in Niger-Delta region of Nigeria between 2004 and 2009. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested using test inferential statistics at 95% level of significance. The study adopted a survey research designs and three hundred and forty-five (345) respondents were purposively selected from the sampled states. A structured questionnaire tagged: Social insecurity and tourism development questionnaire was used to gather data. This instrument had a reliability coefficient (SITNDQ) of r=0.8 and it was the main instrument used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation scores, while the Z-test statistics was employed to test the hypotheses. The results obtained showed among others, that social insecurity negatively impacted on tourism development in the Niger Delta region within the period of study. Secondly, there was also a very strong association between the level of social insecurity and downward trends in all the measured variables: growth in tourism, foreign direct investment, and employment generation within the period of study. Based on these findings the study concluded that issues concerning poverty, unequal access to resources, and large youth populations with limited access to education or jobs, and other socio-political factors which contributed to the prevalence of social insecurity in the region should be addressed. Sequel to this, the study recommended that the government should critically address the welfare and developmental needs of the people of the Niger Delta region as a proper articulation of policies to address these issues will ward-off social insecurity and restore social order. Again, as a socioeconomic activity that has the potential of raising the standards of living of the people, government should create awareness that tourism development is a sure way to eradicate abject poverty among rural communities in the region. Finally, since investors in the tourism industry are concerned about the security of their investments, and as well as their personal safety of tourists, government should direct effort towards modernizing the security agencies and institutions, and also seek assistance from developed countries to enhance the operational capabilities of the country's security agencies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES, 2020
Nigeria is a patriarchal society where women are located in the other room. The dominated power s... more Nigeria is a patriarchal society where women are located in the other room. The dominated power structure that upholds and entrenches male authority is sustained by cultural institutions which, humiliates and consigns women not only as sexual objects, but also to the position of obscurity. Sequel to this, gender discrimination has graduated from the home as if it were human and migrated into workplaces lowering the efficiency of women police officers as never before. Following this, the main thrust of this study is to examine the impacts of patriarchy on women police officers with a view to bringing to end gender discrimination in the Nigeria police. Two hypotheses were formulated in order to achieve the objectives of this study, and in addition, literatures related to the variables were reviewed. A survey research was adopted to collect primary data from 200 respondents purposively selected with the aid of a questionnaire. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to test each hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance with degree of freedom and critical values relative to the statistical technique employed. Among the findings, the study observes that women police officers have remained grossly under-represented and as a result, the Nigerian society has not fared any better for supporting male supremacy to the extent that the society has lower expectations for women police officers, leading to fewer opportunities for promotion. Furthermore, the study also reveals that despite the adoption of the International Bill of Rights for Women and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) by the United Nations, to which over 160 countries, including Nigeria were signatories, Nigeria is yet to implement the provision of the instruments. In addition, the study also notes that the subordinate condition of women is daily being oiled and enforced by the hidden viciousness of men unceasingly thereby making women police officers to continue to experience exclusion, and discrimination in offices. Above all, the study shows that the Nigerian constitution guarantees every citizen the right to dignity of the human person, and forbids the subjection of any person to any form of discriminatory practices based on gender. In conclusion, the study upholds that there is no basis for the continued discrimination and marginalization of women police officers, and by implication, the police institution must as matter of importance purge every trait of gender discrimination against women police officers. Based on this, the study suggests that since the Nigerian traditional world is gradually craving for modernization in which potential talents, competencies, skills, abilities and education amongst other speaks for the individual rather than the gender, there is an urgent need for a paradigm shift to abolish the impacts of patriarchy on women police officers in Nigeria and ensure gender equality. Finally, since the advocacy against women police discrimination agrees that all human beings are entitled to some basic rights marked the birth of the international and universal recognition of human rights, therefore the discrimination and under representation of policewomen should stopped forthwith.
International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, Feb 28, 2014
This paper examines some violent cultural practices such as widowhood discrimination, female geni... more This paper examines some violent cultural practices such as widowhood discrimination, female genital mutilation, wife battery, and early girl child marriage perpetrated against Igbo women in the three senatorial districts of Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The questionnaire was one the instruments used for data collection. The second instrument: Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was also employed to compliment the questionnaire method. The multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select samples in stages in the three senatorial districts of the state. One hundred respondents were selected as sample from each district, and in all, three hundred (300) respondents were selected as sample for the study. Chi square (X 2) was adopted to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results rejected the null hypotheses, and accepted the alternate hypotheses. The rejection revealed that these cultural practices were inimical to the development of women. Sequel to this, the paper suggests that the Ebonyi State House of Assembly should make laws to protect women from these violent and obnoxious cultural practices. Government at all levels, particularly in Ebonyi State should empower women through education (free tuition) and also through free micro-credit facilities to enable them embark on small-scale businesses to improve their poor economic status, and also their persons without any inhibitions from cultural practices.
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Papers by Grace Atije Tonye Scent