Empowerment Of Women For Participatory Development Through Education
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1998-05-29
Authors
Osisanya-Olumuyiwa, D. O
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The paper re-examines what EMPOWERMENT is, as distinct from what it is assumed
to be. Empowerment is the opening up of avenues for generations of women in a
nation to participate actively and enjoy their participation in the family, community,
society and in the world. Empowerment entails a complexity of change in
developmental issues such as: combating poverty; raising productivity; widening access
to education; improving nutrition and living conditions; widening access to
employment; improving health conditions; enhancing agriculture and the environment;
providing legal and political recognition; maintaining cultural values and enjoying
peaceful co-existence.
Women are central to these issues, yet, until in the last decade in Nigeria,
women were never involved in decisions regarding these most pressing problems that
affect their lives.
The paper presents arguments that non-formal, formal and informal education
should be the major instrumentation for empowering women. It highlights major
interventions both by governments and non-governmental organisations in Nigeria and
outside to empower women.
By reviewing needs and roles of Women in agriculture, in health, in literacy,
economy, and leadership, it enjoins curricula developers to package multi-sectoral and
well-integrated curricula for women development centres and cooperatives.
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Empowerment , Raising Productivity
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Osisanya-Olumuyiwa, D.O (1998) Empowerment Of Women For Participatory Development Through Education. Being a Paper Presented at the 1st National Conference on Women Education and National Development, Organised by the Department of Curriculum Studies, University of Lagos, Held at the Conference Centre, University of Lagos Guest House Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria