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The Role Of Women In Rural Development
[A CASE STUDY OF ABRIBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE IN NIGERIA]
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1.2 Aim and objectives of Study
Having observed the various problem
militating against women participation in the attainment of development
in areas as policy making, implementation and involvement in the program
and projects for development it is therefore needful to point it out
here that we communities should make use of it’s human (non-power)
resource available for the attainments of development.
The
purpose for this study is aimed at encouraging women at the rural
communities that they have to rise up to the challenge of emancipating
themselves from the old views held about them in the society. the
research work aimed at informing agents of government responsible for
positive growth and development to give adequate support to women so
that they can appreciate their roles and play it better than before.
To examine the involvement of Abiriba women in the development of the
community starting from the pre-colonial period and extend to the
contemporary time and to educate the men folks on the needs to
accommodate the women properly in all issues relating to the society,
although right from the creation of the world the women are regarded as
helpmate.
1.3 Scope of the study
This study is intended to
address various issues as it affect the role women play in community
development using Abiriba as a case in point. All these include position
of women in the decision making process of the community, the
examination of the level of women participation in political social
development in Abiriba in particular. The study will examine some of the
obnoxious culture and tradition of the people that end anger or limit
the economic contribution by women in community development.
1.4 Research methodology
This
research project made use of two (2) major source which are primary and
secondary sources. The primary sources used for this study are oral
interviews conducted within the area covered by the research.
The secondary sources were gotten from published works among which are: text books journals internet publication.
1.5 Literature review
There
is need for a review of the work and opinions of some scholars on the
role of women in rural development. To this end a couple of review have
been presented below;
According to C.B Nwahukwu in his book
“Development and administration in New and emergent statesâ€, he defines
development as an integral process of indenting opportunities for
individual social groups and territorially organized communities at
small and intermediate scale and mobilizing the full rang of their
capacities and resources for the common benefit in social, economic and
political terms. He further argued that the specific type of development
initiated by the politico-administrative elites is the most suitable
one for all the other members of society and should therefore replace
other existing notions of development.
However, C.B
Nwachukwu saw women as a catalyst in the developments process. He argued
that women occupied a very important social, economic political
position in pre-colonial Nigeria. It is said that in all the main areas
of economic activity agricultures, trade and manufactures, women played
outstanding roles. They were major sources of labour in agricultures.
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