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An Examination Of The Opportunities And Challenges Facing Women In Ghana’s Ministry Of Foreign Affairs And Regional Integration (2000-2019)

ABSTRACT Historical accounts from various countries globally have proven that women were exempt from officially participating in diplomatic activities until the early 1990’s. In Ghana, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has helped implement Ghana’s foreign policy over the years. Although Ghanaian women have participated in decision making, management and development, not enough women in Ghana have played significant roles in politics and public service. Using the qua...

Technological Change And Its Effect On Traditional Religious Beliefs: The Tiv Experience

ABSTRACT The research was motivated by the need to review traditional beliefs of the Tiv currently undermined by the significant impact of technological change. The Tiv now put more emphasis on technology and its benefits, resulting in an erosion of traditional values within family and clan structures. The work is based on primary sources, including oral interviews with Tiv in positions of leadership, retired elders and chiefs, as well as average citizens. Secondary sources include materials ...

An Assessment Of The Chinese Geopolitical Interests In Africa: A Case Of Zimbabwe-China Bilateral Engagements From 2003-2015

Abstract The China-Africa relationship has been showing its frailties as build on capitalist matrices in nature, with China being a capitalistic sadist and Africa a masochist. Unlike the West which uses philanthropy a guise for their misanthropy, China has an economically palatable approach called investment, which bring more complication to the African polyandry dilemma (state of being caught in between the Capitalist giants and pseudo communist giants). The Zimbabwe-China engagement present...

Impact of Non-Governmental Organizations On Women's Ability to Cope with Problems. A Case of Action for Development (Acfode) Kitoba Division - Mpigi District

ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of Non-Governmental Organizations ' ability to cope up with problems. The study was carried out in Kitoba sub-county Mpigi district. The study was carried out under the following objectives finding out the problems faced by women, finding out the services offered to women by NGOs and how accessible they are, finding out the challenges faced by Action for development in their service delivery and the impact ofNGOs on women's ability to cope with problems....

Impact Of Eligion On Academic Performance Of Pupils In Bibirioni Sub Location In Kiambu District, Cental Province Kenya

ABSTRACT A descriptive and quantitative study was undertaken to examine the impact of religion on academic performance of the pupils in selected schools of Bibirioni sub location. The specific objectives that guided the study included, to find out whether the pupils attendance is affected by religious practices; to find out if religious upbringing affects the learners ability to participate fully in school activities, to find out whether religion influences the children’s ability to interac...

Influence Of Maternal Characteristics On Academic Performance Of Lower Primary School Children Aged 8 Years Old In Kosirai Division, Nandi County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Parents being the educators of children play a key role in their learning. Children’s learning from their parents not only forms the foundation of future learning but also has a great influence on their performance. Even though parental involvement in children’s learning has been associated with high levels of achievement. Mother’s involvement is not as anticipated. This has be attributed to emerging issues that include economic inflation, HIV and AIDS and change in family sys...

MACROPHYTE ABUNDANCE AND WATER QUALITY STATUS OF THREE IMPACTED INLET STREAMS ALONG IKPA RIVER BASIN, AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA

Assessment of macrophyte abundance and water quality of three impacted inlet streams along Ikpa River Basin were investigated. A 5m x 5m quadrat through systematic sampling was used to sample the vegetation for density and frequency of species. Sediment and water samples were collected and analyzed using standard methods. From the results obtained, a total of 23 macrophyte species from 17 families were encountered. Stream 1 (Ntak Inyang 1) had 7 species, stream 2 (Ntak Inyang 2) had 13 specie...

Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Local Development Planning: A Comparative Study of Adentan and Lankwantanang- Madina Municipal Assemblies.

ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in September 2015 represent a challenging worldwide action plan that aims to end poverty, achieve gender equality, in diverse dimensions, promote decent work among others. The International community agreed on 17 SDG which is very impressive in its content. Global realization of the SDGs by 2030 is highly dependent on the localization and effective implementation of the goals, yet little is known about diverse perspective o...

The Yoruba Ethnic Group

The Yoruba are one of the largest African ethnic groups south of the Sahara Desert. They are, in fact, not a single group, but rather a collection of diverse people bound together by a common language, history, and culture. Within Nigeria, the Yoruba dominate the western part of the country. Yoruba mythology holds that all Yoruba people descended from a hero called Odua or Oduduwa 

Identification and Tissue Localization of Olfactory Proteins in the Antenna and Head of Glossina Species

Abstract: Tsetse flies use olfaction in search for food, mates and larviposition sites. Olfactory proteins [(odorant binding proteins (OBPs), pheromone binding proteins (PBPs), chemosensory protein (CSPs), odorant degrading enzymes (ODEs) and odorant receptors (Ors)], located within the antennae, play key role in this process. In this work, presence of olfactory proteins was investigated by constructing and sequencing cDNA libraries from Glossina pallidipes Austen, antennae; Glossina palpali...

An investigation of the risks of using new integrated accounting information system (A case study of Zimbabwe Statistical Agency)

ABSTRACT The accounting information system (AIS) is of utmost important in providing the financial information for decision making purposes within the organisation. The research explores on the risks of using new integrated (AIS) and the effect of operating non- integrated accounting information systems. For the past years the ZIMSTAT has been facing challenges due to the operation of non- integrated (AIS), various departments operated stand- alone systems divorced from each other. The o...

Engaging the regime of comedy: An analysis of the representation of “blackness” and “whiteness” in Leon Schuster’s: There is Zulu on My Stoep (1993) and Mr. Bones 1 (2001).

ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a multimodal discourse analysis of the representation of the fact of “blackness” and “whiteness” in Leon Schuster There is a Zulu on My Stoep (1993) and Mr Bones 1 (2001). By examining the interplay of the multiple modes engaged in the regime of comedy, the study examines how the two dichotomies are represented in the film narrative of comedy. What need to be recognized is the notion that film as text is divorced of meaning. Meaning is constructed by the...

The Effects of Single Parenthood On the Performance of Girl Child Education in Gulu District the Case of Lakwana Sub- County

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This chapter entails the following Captions : Background of the study, statement of the problem , purpose of the study ,specific objectives , research questions , scope of the study, significance of the study, limitation of the study , definition of terms and conceptual frame work . 1.1. Background to the study:- Due to war which took place in Northern Uganda for the last two decades, many families were displaced from their homes to internal displaced people's camps. ...

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: ITS PRACTICABILITY AND OTHERWISE IN SETTLING MATRIMONIAL DISPUTES.

Can two walk unless they are agreed? Since Marriage is about two people (the man and woman), who are of different background, opinion, ideologies, vocation, etc. there is bound to be the presence of elements of disagreement or disagreements between them, which may finally lead into an action for divorce in Court. An action for divorce been brought in court is not prone to solutions through judicial process, but can be solved through other means aside the normal court process. Therefore pe...

THE INFLUENCE OF BROKEN HOMES ON PUPIL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN KWARA DISTRICT.

Abstract The study investigated the influence of broken homes on pupil academic performance in selected schools of KWARA District. The study aimed at determining the extent to which broken homes influenced the performance of pupils in schools.   A case study design was used which combined qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collection and analysis. However, the study was more inclined to the qualitative research paradigm. The target population comprised teachers, pupils and scho...


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