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Article: Women's Health Issues in Nigeria. (book reviews)
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- WIN News
- Article date:
- June 22, 1993
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FROM: WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES IN NIGERIA, |The Social Context of Wife Battering in Benin City, BY: Francisca Isi Omorodion and |Perspectives on Conjugal Violence', BY: Tola Olu Pearce
The information on violence against women summarized here is from research in cities: Benin City and lle lfe (Benin and Oyo State respectively). It was collected in part from a Family Welfare Department University Campus and Police Station that is from modern institutions, besides direct opinion polls. However, throughout despite that the people surveyed all live in the modern urban sector there are frequent references to African traditions and culture given as reason for the violence ...