Title: The rights of widows and divorcees in Hausa/Fulani society /
Authors: Malumfashi, Ibrahim A. M.; Yakasai, Salisu.
Publisher: Women Empowerment and Skills Development Centre, WESDEC,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Widows Civil rights Nigeria Congresses.; Divorced women Civil rights Nigeria Congresses.; Women, Hausa Civil rights Nigeria Congresses.; Women, Fula Civil rights Nigeria Congresses.
Contents: Population growth, women, and policy / Dora Jarinatu Shehu -- An anatomy of "women empowerment" against cultural contexts and with reference to the Hausa-Fulani / Aminu Isiyaku 'Yandaki -- Structural Adjustment Programme and women in Nigeria / Mohammed Mustapha Gwadabe -- Divorce and widowhood in Northern Nigeria / Ibrahim A.M Malumfashi and Salisu A. Yakasai -- The legal rights of a divorcee : an Islamic viewpoint / Kasimu Abubakar -- Dissolutions of marriages in Hausa/Fulani society / Nasiru Ibrahim Junju -- The influence of culture and tradition in divorce : implications for marital stability / Mansur Ibrahim Sa'id -- Custody of the child in divorce and widowhood / Gambo IbrahimYaro -- Divorcees' right in retreat / Baba-Waziri Ibrahim -- Right of women and divorce in Hausa society [in Arabic] / Kamal Babikir -- Empowering the Nigerian women : the case of widows and divorcees in Hausa society / Muhammad Zayyanu Umar and Shehu Sidi Ibrahim -- The role of women/organization activities toward the economic empowerment of widows and divorcees in rural communities / Samaila Yusuf Madaki -- Widows and divorcees in Hausa/Fulani society : the role men can play in minimizing the phenomenon / Salisu A. Yakasai and Ibrahim A.M. Malumfashi -- Women's socioeconomic empowerment / Mohammed Abdulhamid Dantumbishi -- Goats rearing as a means of sustenance in "unfortunate homes" / Musibau O. Alayande -- Widows, divorcees, and HIV/AIDS : prospective interventions in predominantly Muslim communities / Mohammed Taofeek Olalekan Ibrahim -- Perceptions of divorce and widowhood, folklore and literature : examples of violation of women's rights in some select Hausa plays / Abdulmumin Shu'aibu -- A poetical categorisation of widows and divorcees in Hausa society / Mohammed Aminu Mode.