Impact Assessment of The Role of Nigerian Women in National Development
Keywords:
Assessment, National Development, Nigerian Women, WomenAbstract
This paper espouses the salient contributions of Nigerian women in national development. It is manifested that the roles of Nigerian women in rural development have gone without notice. Using the dominant theory as propounded by Andre Gunder Frank which has guided many development politics in the Developing States, this paper seeks to highlight the critical areas of Nigerian women’s positive contributions towards National development. From the findings, salient recommendations were made based on the fact that at this point that the general socio-cultural practices against women constitute the major impediments to women’s access to education, employment and participation in polio institutions and implementations of affirmative policies.
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