Volume 22 / Issue 3 / pp. 23005-23013 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v22i3.13
Nigeria's estimated population is more than 216,000,000, with an annual growth rate of more than 2.50 percent and 40 percent of the total population living below the poverty line. To reduce population growth rate and enhance maternal and child health outcomes, there is a need to close the unmet needs for family planning gap in Nigeria. Ekiti State is one of the states in Nigeria with the highest prevalence (18.2%) of...
Volume 23 / Issue 2 / pp. 23822-23831 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i2.36
The central argument of this article is that the South African political domain is largely patriarchal. It is patriarchal in the sense that men and a certain kind of masculinity tend to be privileged. The privileging of men, as in all patriarchal instances, goes with disadvantaging of women and a certain kind of femininity. In the political domain patriarchy works in different, yet interconnected, ways to disadvantag...
Volume 23 / Issue 2 / pp. 23499-23516 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i2.15
Background : Home-based care workers (HBCWs) are a vital component of efficient health systems. They provide a service to individuals in their own homes and communities who need caring assistance. They further ensure that the individual is receiving the full amount of care, and that the standard remains high with dignity and respect being always kept. Furthermore, the standard remains high with dignity and respect be...
Volume 23 / Issue 3 / pp. 23983-23993 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i3.13
Gender equality is a key Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) which also doubles as a human right. Gender equality and women’s economic empowerment are mutually reinforcing as they both influence their respective outcomes. Eliminating gender inequalities and improving women’s economic empowerment is essential to enable women to acquire skills; to realize their full potential; to participate in decent work opportunities...
Jackson Iheukwumere Osuh, Sikirulai Alausa Sulaiman, Olugbenga David Dada
Volume 22 / Issue 3 / pp. 22927-22933 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v22i3.6
Adolescents exhibit varied sexual behaviors, ranging from abstinence and monogamous practices to condom use and engaging in unprotected sex with multiple partners. This study therefore, investigated personality traits as determinants of attitudes toward premarital sex among secondary school students in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State. An expost facto research design using a cross-sectional survey method w...
Volume 23 / Issue 2 / pp. 23597-23614 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i2.22
Although cultural settings have a significant impact on how mental health is understood and managed, it is a critical factor in determining students' academic success. Traditional beliefs, social norms, and com-munity expectations greatly influence how people in Botswana and South Africa view mental health, fre-quently resulting in stigma and a reluctance to seek professional assistance. The ecological system theory ...
Volume 23 / Issue 2 / pp. 23766-23776 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i2.32
Globally, rural women rely heavily on water resources to sustain their livelihoods. However, water scarcity presents significant socio-economic challenges, particularly in rural contexts where liveli-hoods are closely tied to natural resources. In South Africa, water scarcity disproportionately im-pacts women due to their gendered roles in water collection, household management, and subsistence farming. This paper ex...
This article explores the impact of intra-African migration on constructions and performances of masculinities in Yvonne Maphosa’s 2018 novel, The Y in yOUR Man is Silent. The novel was released in the wake of deadly xenophobic attacks against black African migrants in South African. These, understandably, were reflected in international and regional narratives that portrayed South Africa as a hostileenvironment for ...
Volume 23 / Issue 3 / pp. 23877-23882 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i3.2
The study used a qualitative (exploratory) approach to explore suicide among LGBTI Learners, from the perspectives of an LGBTI activist within rural Sekhukhune District, in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Drawing on qualitative insights, the study highlights the significant psychological impact of discrimination, bullying, and social exclusion experienced by LGBTI students, which contribute to heightened suicide amon...
Volume 23 / Issue 3 / pp. 23883-23889 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i3.3
Background: Humanising nursing care is a holistic approach to providing care. For children with profound intellectual disabilities, it entails providing basic nursing care, protecting, loving, promoting, and respecting the rights of children. Nurses who provide care to children with profound intellectual disabilities are expected to implement humanising nursing care; However, the nature of their work makes it difficu...
Volume 23 / Issue 3 / pp. 24072-24083 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i3.20
This study explored how workplace sexism affects the mental health of employed women in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional survey of 620 women aged 21–65, this study examined the relationship between experiences of gender harassment, sexual harassment and psychological distress, defined as symptoms of depression, anxiety, dissociation, and sleep disturbances. Regression analyses showed that both types of harassment signi...
Volume 23 / Issue 2 / pp. 23350-23365 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i2.5
Post-colonial feminist writers have significantly challenged traditional gender representations in lit-erature, particularly in high school novels. These writers often explore themes of identity, power dy-namics, and resistance within the context of colonial and post-colonial societies. Through their works, they highlight the experiences of marginalised groups, particularly women, and critique how gender roles are co...
Dealing with household food insecurity has become a serious challenge for policymakers in developing countries, including Ghana. A number of risk and vulnerability factors account for food insecurity among peasant women in Ghana and elsewhere. This study explored food insecurity vulnerability among low-income women in rural communities in Northern Region, Ghana, through semi-structured interviews with 28 participants...
Volume 23 / Issue 3 / pp. 24084-24090 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i3.21
This article accentuates that South Africa’s progressive constitutional and legislative framework guarantees the right to basic education for all. However, teenagers who are pregnant teenagers continue to encounter institutional obstacles that hinder their enrollment and retention in school. Thus, it limits their access to basic education, which contravenes the Constitution and legislation that upholds everyone’s acc...
Volume 23 / Issue 3 / pp. 24091-24098 / DOI 10.4314/gab.v23i3.22
Schools are being hit by all forms of turbulences, as the world is wrestling with a myriad social, political and economic challenges. This then calls for a need to be proactive and not reactive, in developing strategies to navigate these turbulences through building resilient, and sustainable development solutions that will ensure schools remain fully functional and buoyant at any given time. The study is qualitative...
