Browsing by Author "Aina-Pelemo, Adetutu"

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    Indian Legal Profession and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act
    (Sexuality and Culture, 2019-08-06) Aina-Pelemo, Adetutu
    Sexual harassment in professional fields can hinder economic development globally. The epidemic of sexual harassment within the law profession has created a hidden barrier, predominantly for females. This study seeks to examine the effect of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013 (In.) (SHWWPPRA) among the legal professionals in India to determine whether sexual harassment affects the profession and whether sexual harassment is gender-biased. Empirical and descriptive research methods were adopted by administering questionnaires to three hundred and forty-seven (347) legal professionals. The results revealed that 57.1% of the total respondents did not think that the SHWWPPRA is significantly enforced, and 71.6% of 204 male and 83.2% of 143 female respondents viewed sexual harassment as a hindrance to the growth of the Indian legal profession. Based on these, it was recommended that The Advocates Act 1961 (In.) (AA) be revamped to include sexual harassment in the list of professional misconduct.
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    Nigerian Girl-Child: The Socio-Legal Landscape of Paedophilic Activity
    (Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of Commercial and Property Law, 2021) Aina-Pelemo, Adetutu
    Sexual abuse or molestation of children has been on the increase in Nigeria in recent times, even in regions where it was less prevalent. This review seeks to explore the socio-cultural processes surrounding the recent happenings of sexual abuse of the girl-child by much older male members of the Nigerian society. The study involves a discussion of the likely factors that aid the occurrence of such disorder and how it can be checkmated proactively and reactively. The diverse recent paedophilic acts reported by various Nigerian news and published articles through exploratory research methods were accessed, case laws, and other research databases were explored as methods of data source for the study. The paper finds that the trend of sexual abuse of children has moved from being perpetrated by total strangers or neighbours and relatives to parents. Also, the patterns of paedophilic activities that were highly concentrated in the Northern regions have now spread across the country, including South-West regions. Parental education on effective child-care strategies is recommended as a potential solution to the ongoing challenge.
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    Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment: Comparative Study of its Occurrences in Selected Institutions in South-West, Nigeria
    (Current Research on Behavioural Studies, 2021-02-20) Aina-Pelemo, Adetutu
    Quid pro quo type of sexual harassment; an exchange of sex for benefits which could be career, economic, mon etary or academic marks in case of tertiary institutions and that diminishes students’ right and impedes on their educational achievements or productivity. Sex for mark has become an issue of discussion in the Nigerian tertiary institutions in recent time due to its repeated occurrence. This survey empirically examines the prevalent type of harassments in the Nigerian tertiary institutions, whether the awareness of sexual harassment varies by gender and whether the type of institution differs in the perception of respondents about quid pro quo type of sexual harassment. In sourcing for information, the empirical methodology was adopted, involving quantitative and qualitative methods of research. Three hundred and fifty five (355) respondents were selected from private and public owned tertiary institution for the survey and the result revealed that majority of the respondents in public institutions (42.4%) reported that sex-for-marks was common in the school, when compared with the private institutions where majority (39.9%) had no idea. The study recommends that the characteristics of victims of sexual harassment within tertiary institutions be investigated to avoid risk of such exploitation.
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    Sexual Harassment and the Law
    (Jos University Press, 2020-11-03) Aina-Pelemo, Adetutu
    This book, Sexual Harassment and the Law, covers a variety of issues on sexual harassment. This includes the nature, concept and dynamics of sexual harassment. The book provides insight about sexual harassment amidst legal practitioners, being a microcosm of the society, through the meticulous utilisation of qualitative, quantitative and doctrinal research methodologies. It discusses the legal and regulatory frameworks of sexual harassment in selected countries such as Nigeria, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, India, and the United States of America, among others. Furthermore, the book enunciates templates policies and guidelines that may be put in place by employers of labour in the public and private sectors of the society to whittle down or prevent the occurrence of sexual harassment. The authors hope this book will not only serve as a resource material on the subject of sexual harassment but herald conscious and strategic reforms in Nigeria, as well as across the globe. This is what a prominent Professor of African Studies, King’s College London, United Kingdom has to say about the book: “…The book will also add to the body of serious scholarly writings that have taken a bold step to offer critical multi-dimensional perspective to the sexual harassment phenomenon. It is against all this background that I very warmly welcome and recommend Sexual Harassment and the Law, written by Dr. Adetutu D. Aina-Pelemo and Dr. Paul Adole Ejembi. It is urbanely written and carefully woven together and it will put us in their debt for quite a long time to come”.
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    Sexual Harassment in Educational Institutions in Delhi’ N.C.R. (India): Level of Awareness, Perception and Experience
    (Sexuality and Culture, 2017-04-27) Aina-Pelemo, Adetutu
    This study examined the level of awareness of sexual harassment in educational institutions in Delhi NCR (India). This paper grouped the results of all respondents into two categories, i.e. Private and State institutions, wherein a total number of 430 respondents were selected from ten private and state universities by simple random sampling from their respective law faculties. The statistical tools used in analyzing the data collected were frequency and chi square which revealed that the level of awareness of private or individually owned institutions is relatively high but lacks clarity, and boils down to a lower level of awareness as compared with state or government owned institutions. The findings also revealed that private universities experience sexual harassment just like state universities. Based on these results, the author recommends the augmentation of awareness programs in all universities, especially private ones. Compulsory sexual education courses for new intakes could be arranged, and final year students could also be re-oriented before they graduate.