SOCIO-CULTURAL PRACTICES AND WOMEN’S HEALTH IN TANZANIA
Published In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR STUDY
Author(s): DAN NYARONGA , ROXANA TOMA
Abstract: This study examined whether female genital mutilation (FGM) is a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV) and its subtypes (e.g., physical violence, threat to harm, scream or curse, and insults or taking down), and whether there is a path association from FGM to IPV to depression among women in Tanzania. The study used cross-sectional data from a family and community health survey conducted in Tanzania in 2011. A total of 181 women aged 13-58 responded to the questions about female genital mutilation (FGM), intimate partner violence, and depression. FGM is associated with IPV including physical and emotional violence that are associated with depressive episodes among women in Tanzania. The study findings underscore the need for more screening of both domestic violence and mental health conditions in Tanzania to determine the prevalent of depression among women exposed to FGM and domestic violence, thus yield useful results for planning and implementing mental health services in
- Publication Date: 27-Aug-2014
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-027-9-35
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TUNISIA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THE ARAB SPRING RELATIONS WITH MAJOR POWERS
Published In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR STUDY
Author(s): AMENI JEBEL
Abstract: With China conducting a very active diplomacy around the world mainly in third world countries and the West crying foul over what they term 'China Threat' in Africa and the Arab world, Tunisia is reconsidering it’s positioning between East and West. Since its independence in 1956, Tunisia made the choice to be pro-western while keeping a certain degree of independence with a doctrine of critical support set up by “the father of the Nation” President Habib Bourguiba. In order to get inde-pendence from the French colonial power, Bourguiba played the US support card while being very active in the non-aligned movement. A small country, Tunisia decided from the beginning to never antagonize anybody and have a strong and balanced foreign policy, offering even to be a fair mediator in certain con-flicts. That was the official policy of the country until after the Revolution of January 2011. Because Tunisia is first and fore-most a North African and Mediterranean country, 80% of its trade was
- Publication Date: 27-Aug-2014
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-027-9-37
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