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Vulnerability Of Teenage Girls To Pregnancy In Ibarapa Central Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria, Stella O. Odebode, Oluyinka A. Kolapo
Vulnerability Of Teenage Girls To Pregnancy In Ibarapa Central Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria, Stella O. Odebode, Oluyinka A. Kolapo
Journal of International Women's Studies
The study examined the vulnerability of teenage girls to pregnancy in Ibarapa Central local government area of Oyo state, Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used to select 140 teenage girls for the study. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were used to elicit information from the respondents. While Interview Schedule was used to collect quantitative data, Focus Group Discussion Guide and In-depth Interview was used to gather qualitative data. Data were analysed using a descriptive method of analysis. Analysis of the data obtained showed that the average age of teenage girls in the study area was 15 years; …
A Subtlety By Kara Walker: Teaching Vulnerable Art, Marika Preziuso
A Subtlety By Kara Walker: Teaching Vulnerable Art, Marika Preziuso
Journal of International Women's Studies
In late Spring 2014, the nonprofit organization Creative Time commissioned artist Kara Walker to create her first large-scale public installation. Hosted in the industrial relics of the legendary Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, Walker’s A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby was as controversial as it was revered. The powerful presence of the installation, coupled with its immersion in historical consciousness, makes A Subtlety rich in educational value. This article engages in a comparative reading of A Subtlety in the light of female writers and thinkers from the Caribbean, but also incorporates some of the generative questions Walker’s installation has …