WOMEN: KEY TO TACKLING SOCIAL CHALLENGES

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WOMEN KEY TO TACKLING SOCIAL CHALLENGES

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Introduction

• Let me again introduce myself. My name is Rose
  Nwokoji and today, I will be addressing how women
  can help prevent or reduce some of the social
  challenges we face in our present day society
• I am passionate about helping people, especially
  juveniles and those that may be anguishing over
  an injustice they have suffered or are suffering,
  and I am fortunate to be a part of The
  Organization Against Injustice Social
  Malpractice (TOAISM) International

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Introduction contd.

• The objectives of TOAISM International include
• Educating teenagers on alternatives to violence
  and gangs
• Working with juveniles leaving the justice system
  to help them get reintegrated into the community
  and become useful and responsible members of
  their communities
• Providing referrals and support services to those
  seeking judicial remedies for injustice suffered

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• Poverty and oppression root causes of social
  problems
• Psychological/mental conditions also cause
  social problems although these may be linked
  sometimes to poverty and oppression

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• Caveat
• Social problems not only caused by poor people.
  Rich adults and children from rich families also
  engage in criminal activities
• However, poverty and oppression contribute
  largely to many criminal activities

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• Is crime rate on the decline?

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• Some research also show that about sixty percent
  of adult criminals have juvenile criminal
  records
• Stop them young and crime rate may be lower
• http//www.ilj.org/Publications/juvenile_records.
  pdf

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QUESTION

• How can women help reduce social crime? What
  role do or can women play in tackling many of our
  social problems?

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• Build strong families
• Women are generally speaking, custodians of our
  children

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• We know now that
• 1. Poverty and oppression are two major causes of
  many social problems
• 2. We also know that even though statistics
  indicate that crime rate is on the decrease some
  statistics show that juvenile crime rate is on
  the increase
• 3. Regardless of what statistics show, we agree
  that even one juvenile still engaged in criminal
  activities is too many

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• 4. We also know that about sixty percent of adult
  criminals were juvenile offenders
• Knowing then, that in about eighty percent of
  cases where parent are divorced, mothers have
  custody of the children, the onus is on mothers
  to ensure that their children do not engage in
  criminal activities
• http//www.gocrc.com/research/custody-stats.html

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• So what should mothers do?
• L E R P
• Look before you leap
• Education is important
• Read the signs
• Prepare and take control
• Look before you leap
• Marriage (Parents, mothers get involved)
• Babies (Can you care and provide for them)
• Arm yourself
• Degree, Diploma, Certificate, Skills
• And this is the most important of all. The more
  educated you are, the more likely you can
  overcome poverty and oppression. And the more
  educated you are the less likely your children
  will engage in criminal activities, regardless of
  your economic status

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• Read the Signs
• Know when spouse is speaking but not saying the
  word
• Know when children need a little more attention
• Prepare and Take Control
• Get a job (changes may occur but it is better for
  the children to have two working parents in the
  home than one working parent and a miserable or
  absentee other)
• Take quick action to help your child

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• If all women can do these, then
• We would less likely have our children in a non
  original family setting (NOFS)
• We could, with less difficulty, remove ourselves
  from oppressive situations
• We would more likely be able to overcome poverty
  and the effects thereof

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• To sum up my message today, ladies, I am saying
  that many of social problems are caused by
  juveniles and when adults engage in criminal
  activities, we find that about half or more than
  half of them were also juvenile offenders.
• If women are responsible for the juveniles in
  about eighty to hundred percent of the time, then
  we have a responsibility to ensure that they stay
  out of crime. The best way to do this is to
  remove the conditions that enable children to
  engage in criminal and improper behavior. Those
  conditions are poverty and oppression and we can
  remove them through practicing LERP.

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Rose Nwokoji 757.285.7185
Your Questions

• The Organization Against Injustice Social
  Malpractice (TOAISM) International