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Preparing towards Preventing and Containing an Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak: What Socio-cultural Practices May Affect Containment Efforts in Ghana? [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BackgroundEbola Virus Disease (EVD) is a condition with high fatality. Though the disease is deadly, taking precautions to reduce contact with infected people and their secretions can prevent cross- infection.
Philip Baba Adongo +5 more
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Gendered violence and human rights: An evaluation of widowhood rites in Nigeria
Cogent Arts and Humanities, 2019 This paper evaluates the connecting fabric between gendered violence and human rights through the dire lenses of widowhood rites in Oshimili-North Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria.
Faith Osasumwen Olanrewaju +1 more
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The social context of widowhood rites and women’s human rights in Cameroon
Cogent Social Sciences, 2016 Since the United Nations Decade for Women (1975–1985) gender-based violence (GBV) has increasingly received global attention and eventuated in the earmarking of June 23rd, 2011 as the first-ever International Widow’s Day.
Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta +2 more
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The Violent Aspect of Widowhood Rites in the South African Context
Social SciencesIn African culture, widowhood is frequently accompanied by rites that must be carried out by the widow. Widows are compelled to carry out these rites and may not feel comfortable executing them since they involve violence.
Ratidzai Shoko, Sizakele Danke
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SSM Mental HealthBackground: Widows in sub-Saharan Africa experience stigma linked to their social identity of widowhood. Despite the known significant impacts of stigma on health and wellbeing, widowhood stigma is less conceptualized and studied and its effects on ...
Jackline Odhiambo +2 more
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Women’s Survival in Ghana: What Has Law Got to Do With It?
SAGE Open, 2020 In the 21st century, women around the world continue to face societal, economic, and sexual adversities, even as the “#MeToo” and “Time’s Up” movements appear to have excited a new tone toward the fight for gender equality and female empowerment. In this
Christine Dowuona-Hammond +2 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 Traditional Africans teach ubuntu principles of communality, mutual respect, caring and so forth, but they do not walk the talk with regard to the treatment of widows.
Matsobane Manala
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Widowhood in the era of HIV/AIDS: A case study of Slaya District, Kenya
SAHARA-J, 2007 Luo women are believed to acquire contagious cultural impurity after the death of their husbands that is perceived as dangerous to other people. To neutralise this impure state, a sexual cleansing rite is observed.
Constance Ambasa-Shisanya
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SAGE Open, 2014 Badagry is the first community to receive the Christian religion in Nigeria. For this, every good reason exists to suppose that its coming into early contact with the missionaries should have caused the Ogu people to acquire a healthier understanding of ...
Johnson Oluwole Ayodele
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Beyond the Veil: Voices of Young Widows in South Africa
Social SciencesThis article outlines the experiences of young widows in southern Africa and the impact of widowhood on their livelihoods. Despite numerous human rights frameworks addressing women’s issues, widowhood has not received adequate attention in the Global ...
Ratidzai Shoko, Sizakele Matlabe-Danke
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