THE POSITION AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN RURAL NIGERIA: THE GENDER IMPLICATION Omoyibo‚ Kingsley Ufuoma (Ph.D)‚ University of Benin‚ Department of Sociology‚ Edo State; Egharevba‚ Etinosa Matthew (Ph.D)‚ Covenant University‚ Department of Sociology‚ Ota‚ Ogun State and Iyanda‚ Olalekan Ezekiel‚ Demographer‚ National Population Commission‚ Edo State. ABSTRACT Nigeria ’s participation on issues that related to the position and empowerment of women has been a recurring phenomenon for the
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times‚ women have been treated as second rate citizens of all across the globe. This situation is almost same evrywhere irrespective of the developed countries or the developing countries. Women have been relegated to secondary position despite the fact that they constitute about half the world’s population today. This situation has caused immense loss to their self-respect and dignity. But now the perspective of the society has changed and a general thinking to work for the empowerment of women is being
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should women empower themselves amidst social and political constraints. Since long‚ women in India have been denied their basic human rights and assigned a role secondary to men in all spheres of life. While in West‚in the last century or so ‚ the conditions and mindset have changed to a great extent ‚but in India ‚still the conditions have not improved much. The reasons being that this present mindset is deeply entrenched in our culture and forms our core beliefs and that many women have accepted
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Women continue to aspire for leadership positions in all spheres of governance in both the public and private sector. However it has not been easy. The paper will examine the many challenges women still face in taking leadership positions with specific reference to African women. Included in the paper are the barriers related to culture and cultural expectations‚ the choice and/or balance between work and family‚ and women’s own fear of success. Women continue to aspire to leadership positions
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Women empowerment Historical Back ground of enslaving Women:- Considering sacrifices‚ sufferings & contribution of women for the welfare of the family‚ in the early times of human history‚ the families were Matriarchal (mother as head of the family).Although woman was not weaker than man‚ during menstruation‚ pregnancy & child birth she had to depend upon man.‚ who subsequently enslaved her and society took the form of “Patriarchal” (Father as Ruler & Head of family)
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This quotation is an excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank. Whenever I am asked about women empowerment‚ my mother’s experience in raising us would immediately pop in my head. She probably lived by this quote to be able to overcome all the struggles she faced in life raising her beautiful children‚ to come out triumphant against all the obstacles she had to conquer for us. This is a perfect example of women empowerment for me because it proves that a woman can also provide for the family while taking
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Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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Women Empowerment-Hands that rock the cradle will rule the world someday! Women being half of the population need to put their equal share in social and economic development. This can only be possible through women empowerment initiatives and giving them equal rights in the society. We all know that gender equality should be considered as a vital concern in the process of development in any society. Women empowerment can play a significant role in the development of sectors such as health and education
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT” Since the olden times‚ women have been treated as second rate citizens of all across the globe. The situation is almost the same everywhere-irrespective of the developed country or the developing country-caste‚ community‚ colour or creed a position which is comparable in many ways‚ with that of racial minorities. Women have been relegated to secondary position despite the fact that they numerically constitute about half the world population today. In the very beginning of civilization
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reflection and connection to the empowerment of women. "Across the decades” was the main approach for this focus group. Asking a compilation of questions to six participants; women possibly even men in distinct decades of life: people in 90’s‚ 80’s‚ 70’s‚ 60’s‚ 50’s‚ 40’s‚ and 30’s. Questions were made to be answered specifically from their experiences and knowledge over the years; what they saw happening and how our culture was changing in reflection to the uplifting of women in society. The findings from
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