SURNAME: NNOROM

OTHER NAMES: CHINYERE CAROL PHYLLIS

DATE OF BIRTH: 1ST MARCH, 1964

PLACE OF BIRTH: UMUEZEALA OGWARA

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: EHIME MBANO

STATE OF ORIGIN: IMO

NATIONALITY: NIGERIAN

SEX: FEMALE

MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE

E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]; [email protected]

INSTITUTIONAL AFFLIATION: DEPARTMENTOF SOCIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY/CRIMINOLOGY & SECURITY STUDIES, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY NDUFU ALIKE- IKWO (FUNAI), EBONYI STATE.

CONTACT ADDRESS: DEPARTMENTOF SOCIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY/CRIMINOLOGY & SECURITY STUDIES, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY NDUFU ALIKE- IKWO (FUNAI), EBONYI STATE.

POSTAL ADDRESS P. O. BOX 1010, ABAKALIKI POST OFFICE EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA.

HOME ADDRESS: NO. 3 UGO MARTINS DRIVE, ABAKALIKI EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA.

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATES:

 University of Ibadan 1988; 1992-1996  Imo State University, Okigwe (Now Abia State University, Uturu) 1982-1986

DEGREES OBTAINED WITH DATES:  Ph.D. Sociology (Demography) 1997  M. Sc. Sociology (Demography) 1990  B.Sc. Sociology (Second Class Upper Division) 1986

Academic Awards:  Best graduating student of Sociology, Imo State University Okigwe, 1986.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED WITH DATES:

 School Visioning and School Development Workshop – A workshop organized by The British Council and held in Abuja between 9 – 17 February 2005.  A proposal Development Workshop organized by African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 – 20th August 2004.

 A Course on “Monitoring and Evaluation of Population, Health and Nutrition Programs within a Decentralized System” held in Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda between August 4 – 21, 2003.

 Research Methods in Reproductive Health – a module of The Summer Institute in Reproductive Health organized by Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health in Baltimore, Maryland USA, July 7 – 18, 2003.

 Workshop on Basic Principles of Liberalism and Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria held at Otta, Ogun State between 26th and 27th May 2003.

 A Training Workshop on “The Gender Politics of Violence” organized by The Network for Women Studies (NWSN) and held in Jos, Plateau State between April 15 – 19, 2002.

 Methodology Workshop for Social Scientists organized by the Social Science Academy of Nigeria (SSAN) in Abuja from March 25- 30, 2001.

 A Workshop on “Monitoring the Dimensions to and Signposts of Democratization and Transformation in Nigeria” held at D’Rovans Hotel Ibadan from July 14 -15, 2000 and organized by Frederich Ebert Foundation.

SOME PUBLICATIONS

1. Nnorom, C. C. P. (2013). “Family Planning Services and the Quest for Women’s Empowerment in Nigeria: Revisiting the Notion of Fertility as Martyrdom”. In Olurode, ‘Lai (ed.) Perspectives on Feminism in Africa, USA: Carolina Academic Press. Durham, North Carolina (Pp.79-93).

2. Nnorom, C. C. P. (2011). “Educating the Girl Child in the Nigerian Context: Challenges and Prospects” in Ernest E. Uwazie and Chaunce Ridley (eds.), Contemporary Issues in African Studies: A Reader. New York: Triantlic Books. (pp. 139 - 155).

3. Nnorom, C. C. P., G. Y. Oduro & , A. B. Yahaya (2013). “The 'Dog-Chain' Syndrome: A Voluntary and Compelling Phenomenon among Unemployed Youth in Ghana”. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. University of Cape Coast, Ghana Vol. 1, No.2. (pp. 194-223).

4. Sika-Bright, S. and C. C. P. Nnorom (2013). “The Perception of Children on Child Sexual Abuse: The Case of Children in Some Selected Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana”. Advances in Applied Sociology Vol. 3, No. 6, (pp. 246 – 252).

2 5. Darteh, E. and Nnorom, C. C. P. (2012). “Sexual Behaviour and Condom Use among Adolescents Living in Urban Poor Areas in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana”. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social sciences, Vol. 4, No. 3 (pp. 619 - 639)

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