This thesis investigates the gendered dynamics of dictatorship in The Gambia by exploring the impact of state sanctioned violence on women during former President Yahya Jammeh’s twenty-two years …
The book is divided into three main parts: non-formal education; formal education and politics; and economics and education. This range of topics is in itself an acknowledgement that girls and wome…
The increase in female-headed households in Kenya has contributed to increased poverty levels leading to deliberate efforts by the national government as well as other stakeholders to develop strat…
In Nigeria, access to political, economic and social leadership positions is difficult because the society thinks leadership belongs to men. Women's representation in elective and appointi…
Introduction: This study aimed to assess fertility intentions (planning to have more children in the future) and associated factors among pregnant and postpartum HIV positive women in rural South…
The two excerpts above paint a very gloomy picture of the overall economic, technological, social and political fortunes of West Africa. More depressing is the fact that these vital statistics have…
This document provides a set of core indicators for monitoring children's local environments. It is one of a series of 14 Core Indicators Sets that can be used to monitor children's well-being. The…
The objective of this study was to analyse the cost of the gender gap in agriculture in both Kenya and Rwanda. Data were collected in Makuyu in Muranga County in Kenya and in Musambira in the South…
This book attempts to show that the teaching-learning process in higher education, and religion, taught and learned through non-formal and informal education (or the hidden curriculum), and other s…
Background: The incidence of obesity and related metabolic diseases is high and increasing in sub-Saharan African women. Evidence on the determinants of these diseases is limited, particularly in b…