Communication and domestic violence in Nigeria

by Elizabeth A. Abama

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Published 2005 by Satohgraphics Printing Works in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria .
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Subjects:

• Wife abuse -- Nigeria.,
• Women -- Violence against -- Nigeria.,
• Sex discrimination against women -- Nigeria.,
• Family violence -- Nigeria.,
• Communication in rehabilitation -- Nigeria.

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Edition Notes

Statement	Abama, Elizabeth Anenge [and] Enighe, Jeno-Mary.
Classifications
LC Classifications	HV6626.23.N6 A23 2005
The Physical Object
Pagination	xv, 109 p. ;
Number of Pages	109
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL16269588M
ISBN 10	9781664320
ISBN 10	9789781664328
LC Control Number	2007325074

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Domestic Violence and Death: Women as Endangered Gender in Nigeria Adebayo Anthony Abayomi*, Kolawole, Taiwo Olabode Department of Sociology, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Abstract. Domestic violence against women is a global issue that transcends national, cultural, racial and class boundaries. Domestic violence is not exclusive to Nigeria as a study by the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that battery is the most common source of injury among American women. It has been discovered that 22 to 35 percent of women who visit emergency rooms in the United States are there for symptoms related to on-going : Connect Nigeria.

  The news about Nigeria's biggest export, Wizkid’s, alleged domestic violence was all over the internet yesterday, July 17 and many could not . Domestic violence in Nigeria is on the up and up the statistics are daunting! According to amnesty International () a third of women in Nigeria are believed to have been subjected to physical, sexual and psychological violence carried out primarily by husbands, partners and fathers; this is terribly reprehensible. Nigeria Gender - Women | Human rights Half of Nigeria's women experience domestic violence. afrol News, 31 May - While the level of violence against Nigerian women in the home remains poorly mapped, pilot studies conclude it is "shockingly high". Up to two-thirds of women in certain communities in Nigeria's Lagos State are believed to have experienced physical, sexual or .

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