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Nigeria: Corporal Punishment, Step-Childhood and Marital Security

0 / July 18, 2011 9:43 pm

Cross-posted from my blog at akinblog.nl The harrowing story of a boy Woman Arrested For Battering Son [1] read the news headline and that is just part of what is a long story which has lots of low-hanging fruit starting [...]

Nigeria: Facing down the impunity of domestic violence

Nigeria: Facing down the impunity of domestic violence

2 / June 30, 2011 3:04 pm

A husband’s murder of his wife brings into sharp focus our acceptance of the impunity of domestic violence and sometimes the preference of that for the sake of keeping a loveless marriage going to appease the needs for tradition and societal norms.

Nigeria: An argument or a wife-battering controversy?

Nigeria: An argument or a wife-battering controversy?

1 / June 2, 2011 12:17 pm

This opinion piece was originally published at http://www.akinblog.nl/ presaging a hopefully intelligent debate on the issue of wife-battering and society’s response to that issue. A tabloid frenzy On Twitter and Facebook, my fellow Nigerians are getting excited over a case [...]

So, when are you getting married?

So, when are you getting married?

9 / May 14, 2010 9:27 pm

For us Nigerian women there is a huge pressure to tie the knot. Post twenty-five annum, an unmarried status often calls for expressions of concern from family, friends and sometimes even ‘kind’ strangers. This concern can be terribly annoying and [...]

Women As BreadWinners – An Issue?

2 / October 19, 2009 10:28 am

I remember getting to work extremely early  a couple of months ago and reading an article from a very infuriated wife that her husband wasn’t allowing her to take care of responsibilities in their home.  Now, I am sure many [...]