ABSTRACT Criticism deals with the interpretation of literary texts. The major concern of this thesis is to criticize three aspects of the society in the short stories of Chimamanda Adichie and E. C. Osondu. These include family, marriage and leadership. Seven selected stories in each collection have been examined that are relevant to the interpretation and analysis of the objective of study. To criticize these three aspects, this thesis examines Nigerian characters i...
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent childbearing has adverse effects on both mother and child. High fertility and rapid population growth are direct consequences of early childbearing. For intervention targeting, it is crucial to know trends and determinants of adolescent childbearing. Objectives The objectives ofthis study were to: (1) describe the trends in adolescent pregnancy and childbearing in Ghana (2) determine the factors associated with adolescent childbearing and (3) describe the birt...
ABSTRACT Cohabitation is a common practice in many parts of the world including America, Europe and Africa. Cohabitation violates the teaching of the Catholic Church on the sacrament of marriage. In spite of the efforts by the Catholic Church to instill chastity, many youths in the Catholic Church do not go through church marriage, instead they choose to cohabit. The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of cohabitation among the Catholic youths in Nyando Deanery; Kisumu ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL ............................................................................................................................... iii CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................... vii INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.1 Introduction ...........
TABLE OF CONTENTS D ECLARA TI ON ............................................................................................................................. i APPROVAL SHEET ...................................................................................................................... i i DEDI CA TI 0 N ............................................................................................................................... iii A CKN 0 WLEDG EM ENT .................................
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0. Introduction. This study is an investigation of the legal and customary impacts of divorce on women and children in Uganda. The study will explore the problems that divorcees (women) and the children of these families are faced with and interventions that have been employed to address the trauma that they are faced with. This chapter will present the background to the study, the statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, the objectives of the study, the...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. iAPPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... iiACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................................................. vDEDICATION ............................................................
ABSTRACT This study probes the perspective of Wojtyla’s sexual ethics regarding his views on love and responsibility and his synthesis on the ends of marriage and the morality of the use of contraception in marriage. “Love and Responsibility” is the title and the theme of his book on sexual ethics which reflects his own brand of moral philosophy. Karol Wojtyla argues against the use of contraceptives for married couples. His view is that contraceptive sexual intercourse is reductive, do...
ABSTRACT A Social History of Childhood in Mwenezi district is a detailed study of human evolution from birth to puberty. The Zimbabwean definition of a child as anyone below the age of 18 was used in this research. For the sack of knowing who are the Hlengwe the researcher starts by giving the History of the Hlengwe. First chapter gives a full detailed research about the origins, migrations, effects of Mfecane on Hlengwe societies, coming of colonialism and economic disempowerment of the Hlen...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the relationship between parenting style a person was train with, attachment style and later marital satisfaction as well as the factors affecting marital satisfaction in the Ghanaian context using concurrent mixed method design. Two hundred married participants comprising 86 males and 114 females were conveniently sampled from the Greater Accra region of Ghana for the study. Correlational survey design was used to investigate the relationship between parentin...
ABSTRACT The family context for child development has for ages remained one of the most important contributors to the quality of child development where marital stability stays at the core of this context. The study assessed effectiveness of premarital education towards marital stability and parenting in Tanzania based on experiences from the Sandawe community in Dodoma. It had five objectives which were: i) To ascertain premarital education practices adopted towards marital stability in the ...
ABSTRACT Dipo is an initiation rite performed among the Krobos to usher in adolescent girls into adulthood. The practice has undergone many changes over the years. This study was aimed at exploring Krobo’s perception of contemporary dipo in Ghana with emphasis on the practice of initiating under age girls before their adolescence. These young girls who have become the subject of dipo at the pre-adolescent stage have rather been exposed to teenage pregnancy, which is contrary to the ideals o...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARA TTON .................................................................... iDEDIC AT! ON .............................................................................. !ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................. 2ABSTRACT ............................................................... 6CHAPTER I : .................................................................... 71.0 Introduction .................................... 7 1.1 Backgro...........
ABSTRACT Violence against women in its various forms is endemic in communities around the world cutting across class, age, religion and national boundaries. It is one of the most pervasive human rights violations. It denies women equality, security, dignity, self worth and their right to enjoy fundamental freedoms. It destroys a woman’s sense of self, and undermines healthy families and communities. Violence poses serious mental and physical health risks on the victims. This has far-reachin...
ABSTRACT In Uganda the child is held in high esteem as a source of pride and prestige, wealth from the girl child's dowry, security from old age and domestic labor. At the same time, children are seen as property of the family and clearly subordinated to their families and clans/ child upbringing emphasizes parental power, obedience and long hours of work. There is discrimination against children based on gender and birth older, and many parents, teachers and others in charge of children are...