EZEDINACHI, IFEOMA E. and Udoka, Collins Onyenachie (2021) A Critical Appraisal of Consequences of Harmful Gender-Based Practices against Women in Mbanese Clan in Anambra State, Nigeria. RUJMASS, 7 (2). pp. 31-39.
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Abstract
Harmful gender-based practices against women in Nigeria and Mbanese clan in particular in the 21st century undermines the health, dignity, security, and autonomy of women and girls, its victims, yet it remains shrouded in a culture of silence. It is a fact that harmful gender –based practices as a phenomenon is not only on the increase but has no respect for age, social status, or geography. This phenomenon gains support from archaic cultures, backward beliefs and sexists’ religious teachings that portray women as rewards which men must appropriate in the society and consequently, the majority of the people in Mbanese clan and Nigeria in general do not consider it a problem or crime. This paper examines the consequences of harmful gender-based practices against women and how the identified practices inhibit women’s development in Mbanese clan. While applying Liberal and Socialist Feminist theory in the study, the paper recommends aggressive education and training that cuts across every strata of the society. Furthermore, it insists that a collective measure that comprises all stakeholders such as the local, state and federal government as well as the international agencies are required for the effective eradication of harmful gender-based practices which hinders women’s overall development.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Uchenna Eneogwe |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2025 11:34 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2025 11:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5479 |
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