Empowerment of Women: The Islamic Perspective
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1998-05-29
Authors
Bidmos, M .A
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Abstract
It has been observed in this paper that the
empowerment programmes have left women powerless dwe to the
fact that such programmes have been wrongly focused on
manifes~ations leaveing the real problem waxiftg stronger
and stronger.
The paper attributes the real prOblem i.e. discrimination
against women which is psychological in nature to the
misconception of women's status and duties in the society
the phenomenon which the paper blames on both men and women.
But it sounds ironical that women too are partially responsible
for their predicament. Following a critical textual study
of the Qur'an, the paper finds the Islamic approach adequate
to tackle the problem.
The major recommendation that emerges from the Islamic
approach is the thorough re-orentation of both men and women
on gender issue since both of them are guilty of misconception
of women's roles in a harmonious living condition.
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Conference Paper
Keywords
Education , Empowerment Programmes
Citation
Bidmos, M. A (1999) Empowerment of Women: The Islamic Perspective Being a paper presented at the First National conference on Women Education And National Development held At The Conference centre, University Of Lagos, AkoKa - Yaba.