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ABSTRACT Genderism, an apt neologism for gender equilibrium in literary discourse and creativity is a sequel to feminism following the emergence of gender studies in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Since 1975 – declared by the United Nations as the international women’s year, there has been an uprising in the global ferment of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Genderism, an apt neologism for gender equilibrium in literary discourse and creativity is a sequel to feminism following the emergence of gender studies in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Since 1975 – declared by the United Nations as the international women’s year, there has been an uprising in the global ferment of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Gender equality is a concept that many feminist and sympathizers the world over have been trying to achieve over the past five decades. Various measures to bring about this new kind of concept have been put forward including legislation, mainstreaming, gender affirmative action just to mention a few. But despite all the efforts and... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Genderism, an apt neologism for gender equilibrium in literary discourse and creativity is a sequel to feminism following the emergence of gender studies in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Since 1975 – declared by the United Nations as the international women’s year, there has been an uprising in the global ferment of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Despite the advances towards recognition of women’s political, economic and social interaction with men during the 21stcentury, there is a continuing lack of women policy-makers in Nigeria. Women are largely absent from positions in the local, national and international institutions that govern our daily lives. This observation is that... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This research examines mass media and gender discrimination in Nigeria with special focus on female gender discrimination.  Gender issue or what is otherwise called feminism and womanism has been a topical issue in the contemporary period, as series of books and articles have been... Continue Reading

Abstract Journalism is considered an exclusive preserve of men with salutation phrase of ‘Gentlemen of the press’ an indication of gender discrimination or men profession only. Religion, culture, gender disparity, role as mother and insecurity among others are factors influencing the performance of women journalists in Nigeria. The core... Continue Reading

  CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Since time immemorial, people have held the view that men are superior to women. This vision of male supremacy is clearly reflected in all traditional families and societies to an extent that even women were made to accept that they are inferior nature. Over... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The world is today celebrating the improvements in communication technology which has broadened the scope of comm unication through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Modern T echnology in com munication no doubt ha s turned the entire world into a “Global village”. But as it is,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1       INTRODUCTION Discourse to the discourse analysts means actual instances of communicative action in the medium of language. According to Blommert (2005:2) as cited in Johnstone (2008:2) discourse is the meaningful symbolic behavior in any mode. Discourse is not... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The world is today celebrating the improvements in communication technology which has broadened the scope of comm unication through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Modern T echnology in com munication no doubt ha s turned the entire world into a “Global village”. But as it is,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The developed economies of the world have advanced in the goal of achieving a balance between population growth rate and economic resources. In view of this, measures have been taken which include family planning, sex education, among others in controlling such growth. The major aim borne in mind towards effecting this policy is the... Continue Reading

Abstract    The study investigated the influence of responsibility and gender on problem-solving. Eighty (80) final – year students of the Institute of Ecumenical Education, Enugu participated in the study. Participants were volunteers within the age range of 22 and 28 years with a mean age of 25 years. The instrument for data collection was... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research was based on the based the topic: Gender issues in Advertisements, impact and application (a study of Joy soup). It went along way to provide clear understanding of the reasons for gender displays in advertisements, particularly the motives and outcome of the often use of the feminine gender as instruments of attraction in... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1.     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Gender is clearly seen as economic, social and cultural features, qualities and chances related with being either a male or female. Basically in most societies, men and women are totally different from each other and this is seen in their activities and business, and also their access... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Gender equality is one of the major problem that is affecting people in the society, it affect everybody in one way of the other. The study identified the level of gender equality in Makurdi local government Area, Benue State. The objective of the study is to explain the causes... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of Study The world is today celebrating the improvements in communication technology which has broadened the scope of communication through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Modern Technology in communication no doubt has turned the entire world into a “Global village”. But as it is,... Continue Reading

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA 2011 GENERAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1            Background of the Study Gender inequality has been an issue for several centuries, the world over. Though history has it that fewer women have been in power even before colonialism.... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study focuses on the influence of gender on the education of girl child in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. 100 students 60 science teacher and 140 parent participated in the study. Questionnaires, oral interview and short objective test were used to generate... Continue Reading

THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON THE EDUCATION OF THE GIRL CHILD ABSTRACT This study focuses on the influence of gender on the education of girl child in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. 100 students 60 science teacher and 140 parent participated in the study. Questionnaires, oral interview and short objective test were used to generate... Continue Reading

CRIME AND VIOLENCE AS A BARRIER TO GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA POLITICS Abstract: Women participation in Nigerian politics is crucial to the development of Nigeria and since women constitute a sizeable proportion of the population, neglecting them may mean losing their valuable contribution. Traditional socio-economic and political and cultural... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study Women’s aspiration to fully participate in the governance of Nigeria dates back to the pre-colonial era when women contributions to the anti colonial struggle were visible and pronounced in their resistance to the draconian tax policy of the colonial administration. As pointed... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT There have been interests over ages in studying how people communicate during interaction. This interest has lead to the emergence of discourse analysis which has the aim of studying how people communicate using sentence or clauses. In view of this, Naira has no gender, a play by Olu Obafemi, was selected in order to study and interpret... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study investigated whether locality and gender will significantly predict attribution of success among adolescents. The participants were selected from Community secondary School Agbani and Federal Government College Enugu. The participants were randomly selected making use... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research was based on the based the topic: Gender issues in Advertisements, impact and application (a study of Joy soup). It went along way to provide clear understanding of the reasons for gender displays in advertisements, particularly the motives and outcome of the often use of the feminine gender as instruments of attraction in... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE                                              INTRODUCTION 1.1              Background to the Study Understanding the role played by the social, cultural and economic factors in entrepreneurship is the key to comprehend how to encourage culture and entrepreneurial behavior. A... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study                                                                                           1.2       Statement of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Gender equality is one of the major problem that is affecting people in the society, it affect everybody in one way of the other. The study identified the level of gender equality in Makurdi local government Area, Benue State. The objective of the study is to explain the causes... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study focuses on the influence of gender on the education of girl child in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. 100 students 60 science teacher and 140 parent participated in the study. Questionnaires, oral interview and short objective test were used to generate... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research was based on the based the topic: Gender issues in Advertisements, impact and application (a study of Joy soup). It went along way to provide clear understanding of the reasons for gender displays in advertisements, particularly the motives and outcome of the often use of the feminine gender as instruments of attraction in... Continue Reading