Domestic violence (DV) is a significant social problem in Bangladesh. Studies in the context of
Bangladesh identify patriarchal norms and beliefs as the main factors behind DV. The current study
analyzes some patriarchal justifications and perceptions of Bangladeshi men and women using the
2004 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) as the data source. The data source consists of a
nationally representative probability sample from 10,811 households. Both multinomial and binomial
regression analysis was computed. The results indicate that rural wives were more likely to respond
that the husbands had final say even in their own health decisions compared to their urban
counterparts. Also, rural husbands were more likely to justify wife beating. Increased age,
education, and active employment status of the wives were associated with their having greater say
in their own health care. However, interestingly, some of the outcomes in the multinomial analysis
revealed that men’s economic independence gives him more power of domination. From the
binomial analysis, it is found that with increased education (both of wives and husbands) the odds
of husband justifying wife beating decreased.`

The study investigated the level of awareness of HIV/AIDS among secondary school students in
Osun State, It assessed the precautionary measures taken by secondary school students against
the transmission of HIV/AIDS and appraised the activities of school counsellors in the prevention of
HIV/AIDS. The study was an ex-post facto. Data were collected through a survey that was
conducted among secondary school students in ten Local Government Areas (LGA) of Osun State.
The results showed that level of awareness of HIV/AIDS among the students was high. Majority of
the respondents (99.0%) indicated that they had heard about AIDS. Also, 98.0% believed that there
is AIDS. However, 67.9% indicated that they have never seen an AIDS patient. With regard to how
AIDS can be contacted, majority of the respondents (85.7%) indicated through sharing of syringes,
blade and shaving kits, sexual intercourse with an infected person (82.0%), transfusion of infected
blood (81.3%) and homosexuality (63.8%). Awareness of HIV/AIDS had a positive relationship with
the practice of precautionary measures against the transmission of the disease (r= 0.20, p<0.05).
There was also a significant relationship between activities of school counselors and the practice of
precautionary measures (r= 0.32, p 0.05). The study concluded that school
counsellors are indispensable in the prevention of HIV/AIDS among secondary school students and
that effective health education is the antidote for the prevention and spread of the pandemic.

Child labour is a very common phenomena in India with millions of children working both in cities
and in the villages. The State of Jammu and Kashmir is no exception with the added disadvantage
that some of the children working there are in remote parts of the state. This study concentrates on
one such remote area, Kargil in Ladakh and looks at the child labor in the dominant handicraft
industry there. It tries to explore the causes and assess the nature of exploitation of child labour in
the handicraft industry.

This study takes a critical look at the ways through which political office holders
manipulated recruitments into the public service of Ondo State between 1999 and 2003. It
holds that the phenomenon rise in the size of the public service of Ondo state during this
period was due largely to political exertion; something akin to the spoils systems in 18th
century United States. The cost implication of this increase was adjudged disturbing as
65.31% of the revenue accruable to the State goes to the payment of the emolument of
these public servants who constitute just 1% of the entire population. This paper notes the
complacency of the top echelon of the public service as regards the abandonment of the
merit system in recruitment in to the public service during this period. It concludes that the
implications of this phenomenal rise in the size of the public service, including the manner
of accomplishing it are of far reaching implications for the public service and the society.

In this work, modest but valid efforts were made to objectively evaluate the endemic problem of street
children in the third world, Africa and Nigeria in particular. More so, the study also tried to establish a
link between street children and national security in Nigeria.
In its findings, the study showed that the exponential rise in the number of street children in Africa albeit
Nigeria could spell a security disaster, as these kids become foot soldiers and terror elements during
ethno- religious conflagrations. This becomes more glaring in most African states as they grapple with
series of development crises .The reality therefore calls for concerted efforts to check this potential time
bomb through sustainable rehabilitation of street kids.
In arriving at the above conclusion, the work relied on ethnographic data and data from such secondary
sources as Books, Journals, Gazettes, News Papers, and Government documents.

This study examines the Impact of Stigmatization on the acceptance and care for people living with
HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the society. It is the contention of the study, that stigmatization is one of the
problems associated with HIV/AIDS epidemic in the society. This study was carried out among civil
servants in Auchi in Edo State, Nigeria. Three hundred and twenty four (324) participants took part
in the study and questionnaire and focus group discussion were used to obtain information from the
participants in the study. Some of the findings of the study are that people have high knowledge of
HIV/AIDS, stigmatization can affect the acceptance and care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the
society and enlightenment programmes can change people’s attitude towards people living with
HIV/AIDS in the society and reduce the level of stigmatization associated with the disease.