Right of a child to free‚ compulsory and universal primary education— Section 2 (15) of the Child Rights Act signed by 16 states in Nigeria) “Any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.” — Section 29 (4b) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Social media was awash last weekend with news that the Senate had signed a ‘child marriage act’ into law‚ legalizing marriage for girls under the age of 18. Although lawmakers have corrected this notion‚ saying that the section stated above only
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Empowering the girl child | | | | Thursday‚ 19 July 2012 00:00 | View Comments arai Kuvirimirwa Features Writer With sacrificing family resources to educate a girl child and a potential future leader still a big societal challenge‚ any effort to see the education of a girl is a huge boon. So when millions of dollars are poured into the effort‚ the impact cannot be overemphasised. The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed)‚ introduced some few years back‚ has seen remarkable change of fortunes
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Education is the birth right of every child including the girl child. For the success of a person whether man or woman‚ education plays an important role. The poverty and illiteracy among the people is also big reason for not sending the girls to schools and colleges. Parents feel that the education of girls is a wastage as they will go to their husbands after marriage and more dowry have to be paid for a more educated girl. Women’s social conditions started deteriorating with the passage of
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of discrimination and violence against the girl child UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Florence‚ Italy‚ 25-28 September 2006 Girl child empowerment: A challenge for all Prepared by * Nicole Bidegain Ponte * The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the United Nations In the next lines I propose to integrate the agenda of sexual and reproductive rights with the ordinary life of girls and adolescents. I will put forward good practices
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3.1 Reintegration of former female child soldiers The previous sections explained the conflict in Northern Uganda and the use of child soldiers by the LRA. Some of the children who were abducted fled immediately. Others were hold longer by the LRA‚ but managed to escape. Another group are the children who remain with the LRA until adulthood. There are only a few children who remain with the LRA and secure a position with considerable influence‚ such as a LRA leader (Drumbl‚ 2012). 80 percent of
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Introduction Difference between fine art and commercial art John Berger: limited commercial art Nudity‚ Publicity art Background Difference between fine art and commercial art Fine art: Beautiful‚ personal expression Commercial art : market‚ sales‚ specific audience Body paragraph 1 Nudity art give a different meaning on fine art and commercial art‚ From Greek and Roman art to Michelangelo and the Renaissance artists‚ nudity has been used to represent beauty‚ frailty‚ shame and power
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care the ratio is about 1.05‚ the real deficit is about 11percent of their women. These numbers tell‚ ”quietly a terrible story of inequality and neglect leading to excess mortality of women" (Sen‚ 1990). In India‚ the widening gap in the ratio of girls to boys is clearly brought to light in the Census of 2001‚ confirming a trend that has been in place since 1901. This is most pronounced in the youngest age group‚ 0-6‚ thus indicating the scale of injustice as well as the long-term social and economic
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ENTREPREUESHIP EDUCATION : A PANACEA FOR NATIONALN SECURITY Introduction Nigeria is a developing nation categorized as one of the poorest countries in the world with many of her citizens living below the poverty line. Problems facing the country range from unemployment‚ poverty‚ conflict‚ national insecurity and diseases. The potential for rapid economic growth and development is very high in Nigeria because of the rich human and material resources. However‚ the economic performance of the country
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Chapter 4 DETERMINANTS All Mathematical truths are relative and conditional. — C.P. STEINMETZ 4.1 Introduction In the previous chapter‚ we have studied about matrices and algebra of matrices. We have also learnt that a system of algebraic equations can be expressed in the form of matrices. This means‚ a system of linear equations like a1 x + b1 y = c 1 a2 x + b2 y = c 2 ⎡ a b ⎤ ⎡ x ⎤ ⎡c ⎤ can be represented as ⎢ 1 1 ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ = ⎢ 1 ⎥ . Now‚ this ⎣ a2 b2 ⎦ ⎣ y ⎦ ⎣ c2 ⎦ system of equations
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When You Save a Girl Manisha Dayananda 5/19/2013 5th hour: Honors English 9B Oprah Winfrey once said‚ “I’m going to give them an opportunity to come to my school and be the leaders of Africa‚ and I’m going to do that one brick at a time. I’m building a girls academy.” These were Oprah’s first words that led her to start the goal that would forever change the lives of many girls. Oprah Winfrey‚ the world famous talk show host‚ has inspired many people with her own stories‚ thoughts
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