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    Cultural reactions to abusive marriages and relationships in Nigeria: implications for marital counselling and lifelong education
    (2018) Ahimie, B.; Agbogidi, C.; Ahimie, A.
    This paper explains the cultural reaction of some women to remaining in abusive marriages and relationships or returning to the same after a short break from their partners. The qualitative research design was employed for the study; The population consisted of all women in Lagos.metropolis who are in abusive marriages/relationships using a purposeful sampling of ten (10) participants. This was to enable the researcher focus on the key concept that is being explored in the study. Four research questions were raised to find out if love, financial/economic reasons, religion/societallfamily pressure will be the reasons for women to remain in or return to abusive marriages and relationships. Individual face-to-face, in-depth and more structured interviews were conducted. Data collected from participants' responses, was analyzed using the thematic description, The findings revealed that love and religion were not strong reasons given by women for remaining in or returning to abusive marriages/relationships. Some of the women have only sought counselling in religious/family settings. Only one of the women had the opportunity of visiting a professional' marriage counsellor. Conclusion was drawn based on the findings. Recommendations included a call for creating more awareness on professional counselling and the urgent need for and importance of continuous professional marital counselling andlifelong education rendered by professionals in all settings particularly for adults who are moving from independent living to marriages and relationships.
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    The Girl-Child and Abuse
    (Organisation for Women in Science for the Development World (Lagos Chapter), 2019-11-21) Olusakin, A.M
    In many African settings, the girl-child is discriminated against right from birth. This is because of the perception of many people that while a boy-child would foster the continuity of his family name, the girl-child would marry and go out to populate her husband’s family. From the early age, the girl child is allocated responsibilities within the family. Potential areas of abuse of the girl-child, include female circumcision, housemaids, rape, child prostitution, teenage pregnancy, and arranged marriages.