Voice and Accountability: Rural Women’s Associations as Platforms for Civic Engagement in the Primary Health Sector in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorEshiet I.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-30T17:42:17Z
dc.date.available2024-04-30T17:42:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe article assesses the importance of citizen engagement in engendering good governance in the health sector. However, citizens need an effective ‘voice’ in order to be heard. Thus, the article argues for the need to utilise existing civic organizations like the rural women’s associations as platforms of civic engagements. Using Akwa Ibom state as a study location, the article investigated the role of rural women’s associations in citizen engagement in the primary health sector. Findings reveal that although rural women’s associations are engaged in diverse socio-economic and political activities, they however do not engage in socially accountable activities. Nevertheless, findings further reveal that associations have the potentials of becoming platforms for social accountability if harnessed by development partners. The argument of the study is anchored on the participatory development approach which argues about the need for beneficiaries of development to become active participants in the development process.
dc.identifier.citationEshiet, I. (2019). Voice and Accountability: Rural Women’s Associations as Platforms for Civic Engagement in the Primary Health Sector in Nigeria. International Journal of Political Activism and Engagement 6 (3):10-21. Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/jpae.2019070102
dc.identifier.otherDoi:10.4018/jpae.2019070102
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12762
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherIGI Global
dc.titleVoice and Accountability: Rural Women’s Associations as Platforms for Civic Engagement in the Primary Health Sector in Nigeria
dc.typeArticle
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