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PRELIMINARY PAGES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Background of Study
- 1.3 Statement of Problems
- 1.4 Purpose of Study
- 1.5 Significance of the Study
- 1.6 Scope of the Study
- 1.7 Limitations of the Study
- 1.8 Sources and Methodology of Data
- 1.9 Organization of Study
- 1.10 Review of Related Literature
ENDNOTES
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The Concept And Development Of Rights
- 2.3 The Adoption of Rights in the Constitutions Of Nigeria
- 2.4 Rights of Afikpo Women in Historical Perspective
ENDNOTES
CHAPTER THREE
WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND AFIKPO WOMEN
- 3.1 Women’s Rights, Afikpo Women And The 1960 Constitution
- 3.2 The 1963 Constitution
- 3.3 The 1979 Constitution
- 3.4 The 1999 Constitution
ENDNOTES
CHAPTER FOUR
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF RIGHTS AND AFIKPO WOMEN
- 4.1 Applicable Principles of the Rights of Women in Afikpo
- 4.2 Limitations to the Rights of Women
- 4.3 Widowhood Perception in Afikpo
- 4.4 Girl Child Perception in Afikpo
- 4.5 Women’s Organizations And Issues Canvassed For
- 4.6 The Impacts Of The Women’s Organizations
- 4.7 Comparative Analysis to other Igbo Societies
ENDNOTES
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Summary of Findings
- 5.3 Conclusion
- 5.4 Recommendation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
This study is written in view of the growth of the waves of feminism, which pay special attention to women's rights within the society that is more or less gender insensitive. It is following the regard of women as human legal entities who or which are endowed by nature or by law with the capacity to enter into legal relations such as contracts of employment, commercial contracts and marriage contracts without detraction from social constraints. Thus this study is concerned with the sum total of rights and duties concerned with the women as provided in the constitution by reason of their legal affiliation to the state-Nigeria.
1.1 Introduction
Rights, as used in this regard, are privileges or prerogatives that are conferred on a person or a group by law. In other words, they are lawful claims, which the state defined and is ready to protect.1 Rights (both political and civil rights) according to Olakanmi Olajide, are fundamental freedom which all men and women, are entitled, without discrimination. These, he further noted, are based on the laid down philosophy of the international law which reads: “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”.2
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.
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