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__The Life of Women __ __Responsibilities of a Girl: __
 * At 9-10 girls begin working by getting water for the household
 * In the Ibo tribe, girls must be able to carry water bowls on their heads
 * They are judged on good of a wife they will be based off their performance of their chours.
 * Having and raising children are the main responsibilities of women

__Women in Myths: __
 * In African myths, the woman holds great importance.
 * Many myths depicted the woman as the cook, so now, that is also considerd the woman’s job.

__Inequality of Women: __
 * Woman tend to work twice as long as men and make one tenth the amount.
 * Woman are said to be responsible for eighty perecnt of the food production in Africa.
 * However, they do not own the land and don’t have access to technology or resources and don’t receive credit for their work.
 * 2/3 of the illiterates are women
 * Women can’t hold political roles
 * 10/36 states have laws allowing men to abuse their wives.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hundreds of Nigerian women are sold into prostitution in order to "repay" debts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Women are married very young, often the husband dies long before the wife
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Then, the Nigerian women can’t inherit their husbands property so they are left in poverty.
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Due to the fact that women are often raped and forced to have sex, HIV is common and easily

__**Adult Literacy Rates by Sex ( in percentages)**__


 * |||||| **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1990 ** |||||| **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2000 ** ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Both ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Male ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Female ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Both ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Male ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Female ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sub-Saharan Africa || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">47.3 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">59.8 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">36.1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">59.7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">70.2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">49.6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Arab States || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">51.3 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">64.3 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">38.0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">62.0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">73.1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">50.6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Latin America & Caribbean || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">84.7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">86.4 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">83.0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">88.5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">89.7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">87.3 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">East Asia || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">76.2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">85.7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">66.4 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">82.8 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">90.0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">75.4 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">South Asia || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">46.1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">59.1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">32.2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">54.1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">66.2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">41.2 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Developed countries || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">96.7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">97.4 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">96.1 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">98.5 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">99.0 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">98.0 ||

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Top Quotes: __

<span style="color: #000011; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“African women play an increasingly important role in the economy, both as paid workers and as care providers.”

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“ As daughters of one clan and wives of another, they always have been goodwill ambassadors and peace messengers at times of war, sometimes at the risk of losing their own life.”

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“Women’s susceptibility to HIV is correlated to the religious cultural demands of society with regard to sexual relations.”

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">* My personal favorite: __

<span style="color: #000011; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">“African woman hauling heavy loads of carriage on her head, water container on her back and a child on her chest; while trekking miles and miles under rainy weathers or simmering heat and dusty environments, with her man shamelessly strolling beside her with only a stick in his hand”

<span style="color: #000011; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**The quote above shows the struggle that many African women must endure on a daily basis.**

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For further Information: __<span style="color: #000011; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|Women in Nigeria] __ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Works Cited:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">Goth, Bashir. "African Women: The better half ." //Mega African Gateway//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;"><[|http://www.africamasterweb.com/AdSense/AfricanWomenBetteHalf.html.]>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">Isiramen, Celestina. "Women in Nigeria: Religion, Culture, and AIDS | International Humanist and Ethical Union." //International Humanist and Ethical Union | The world union of Humanist organizations//. N.p., 4 Nov. 2003. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">< [].>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">Mbiti, John. "The role of Women in African Traditional Religion." //Africa World.net//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">< [].>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">"Nigeria ." //Women for Women//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">< [|www.womenforwomen.org/global-initiatives-helping-women/help-women-nigeria.php.]>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">"Overall status of women in Africa." //United Nations University//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">< [].>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">"The Igbo Tribe ." //AFmag.net//. N.p., 31 Oct. 2007. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">< []<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 27.5pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt; text-indent: -40pt;">.> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: -40pt;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: -40pt;">