Enduring Intimate Partner Violence in Marriage: Myths and realities (Published)
This paper investigates IPV experiences of women in Nigeria, and the reasons women hold to justify enduring IPV in marriage. The objectives of the study include assessing the role of the state, culture and religion in intimate partner violence, and evaluating the relationship between societal level biases and enduring IPV in marriage. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design involving 400 respondents selected from different states in Nigeria using non-probability sampling. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used for data collection. Data were evaluated using univariate and bivariate analysis. At the univariate level, descriptive statistics were used to analyse variables like the socio-demographic information of the respondents while chi-square was employed to test hypothesis. Findings show that, at p-value of .0256 (p < .05), societal level biases and cultural and religious ideals about marriage are positively linked to women’s acceptance and endurance of IPV. The study also revealed that women elect to endure IPV in marriage owing to the stigma attached to failed marriages; lack of finance and responsibility to children, inter alia. Furthermore, 70.5% of the respondents indicated that it is expected of a woman to endure IPV in marriage as it is contrary to cultural and religious injunctions to leave a marriage, even if it is abusive. The study thus recommends the need to develop a protective environment for women against societal, cultural and religious ideals. Vulnerable women should be able to access unrestricted legal support when opting out of an abusive marital relationship. Most importantly, beliefs that compel women to endure IPV in marriage should be abolished.
Citation: Ubelejit-Nte A.A. and Nwakanma E. (2023) Enduring Intimate Partner Violence in Marriage: Myths and realities, International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Research, Vol.9, No.1 pp.1-24
Keywords: Marital instability, Marriage, Nigeria, intimate partner violence, women in society
Challenges and Prospects of Monitoring Of Adult Education Projects and Programmes For Sustainability in Nigeria (Published)
The focus of the paper is on identification of the challenges and prospects of adult education projects and programmes for sustainability in Nigeria. Inadequacy of data, challenge of appropriate interpretation of data, poor utilization of feedback from monitoring, poor funding of monitoring of adult education projects and programmes among others were identified in the paper as the challenges of monitoring of adult education projects and programmes for sustainability in Nigeria. The paper equally identified provision of good information, control of the cost of projects and programmes as well as maintaining the use of good standard as the prospects of monitoring of adult education projects and programmes for sustainability in Nigeria. The paper recommends the need for relevant stakeholders in adult education projects and programmes to understand the efficacy of utilization of feedback from monitoring, the need for many task-team members to have adequate technical knowledge and skills among others for effective monitoring of adult education projects and programmes
Keywords: Adult Education, Challenges, Monitoring, Nigeria, Programmes, Projects, Prospects, Sustainability
Challenges and Prospects of Monitoring of Adult Education Projects and Programmes For Sustainability in Nigeria (Published)
The focus of the paper is on identification of the challenges and prospects of adult education projects and programmes for sustainability in Nigeria. Inadequacy of data, challenge of appropriate interpretation of data, poor utilization of feedback from monitoring, poor funding of monitoring of adult education projects and programmes among others were identified in the paper as the challenges of monitoring of adult education projects and programmes for sustainability in Nigeria. The paper equally identified provision of good information, control of the cost of projects and programmes as well as maintaining the use of good standard as the prospects of monitoring of adult education projects and programmes for sustainability in Nigeria. The paper recommends the need for relevant stakeholders in adult education projects and programmes to understand the efficacy of utilization of feedback from monitoring, the need for many task-team members to have adequate technical knowledge and skills among others for effective monitoring of adult education projects and programmes for sustainability in Nigeria.
Keywords: Challenges, Monitoring, Nigeria, Sustainability, adult education projects
Awaiting Trial among Suspected Criminal Persons and Lack of Legal Representation in Cross River State- Nigeria (Published)
The work examined the relationship found to exist between awaiting trial among suspected infractors of the law and legal representation conundrum for indigent accused persons in Cross River State- Nigeria. In order to achieve this purpose, a null hypothesis was formulated to guide the research. To test the hypothesis, a questionnaire entitled “Awaiting Trial Among suspected persons (ATAP) and Lack of Legal Representation (LLR) scale. The questionnaire was administered on four hundred and ten (410) awaiting trial respondents in three (3) purposively selected prisons (OGOJA, AFOKANG AND IKOM PRISONS) in the state. The research design was survey. The split-half reliability method was adopted in determining the reliability estimate of the instrument. The hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance while Pearson product moment correlation technique was the statistical tool used for analysis. Findings were that significant relationship exists between awaiting trial among suspected criminal prison and legal representation for the indigent accused persons in prison custody. Based on these findings, the researchers recommended that the indigent accused persons awaiting trial should be provided with lawyers to represent them.
Keywords: Awaiting Trial, Cross River State, Legal Representation, Nigeria, Suspected Criminal Persons
The Role of Social Studies in the Promotion of Inter-Ethnic Understanding Among the People of Nigeria (Published)
Social studies education is a field of study that inculcates in the individual the ability to cope with various life problems. The paper therefore examines social studies education in the context of its importance to Nigeria’s philosophical goals as a nation, the objectives of social studies education in the school system and how they can be used to achieve inter-ethnic understanding among the people of Nigeria. Promotion of value awareness, teaching of basic level of social studies for good citizenship education, tolerance, peaceful co-existence for a proper inter-ethnic understanding among the people of Nigeria are proffered in the study.
Keywords: Inter-Ethnic Understanding, Nigeria, Promotion, Role, Social Studies