NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN SOCIETIES AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, EDO AND KADUNA STATES (2006-2016)

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN SOCIETIES AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, EDO AND KADUNA STATES (2006-2016)

Abstract:

The primary objective of this research work is to examine the National Council of Women Societies and International Federation of Women Lawyers contribution to women empowerment in the Federal Capital Territory, Edo and Kaduna states in Nigeria. The study contends that despite the emergence of various nongovernmental women organizations over the years advocating and championing the course of empowering and addressing the issues preventing the growth and development of Nigerian women, their impact have not been significant. Also, judging by the fact that a lot of funds had been expended in the establishment of these organizations and the support the government and other donor agencies have given to boost their operations, more is expected from them. It seems that their strategies, programmes, and activities adopted in empowering women have not yielded the desired result. The study is a survey research and relied on the Executive and non Executive members and beneficiaries of NCWS and IFWL organizations drawn from Federal Capital Territory, Edo and Kaduna states as the population of study. Questionnaire instrument and interview were used to generate data from 350 respondents, (being the sample size) representing the primary sources of data. Secondary sources of data collection on the other hand included- textbooks, journals, (government, NCWS and IFWL’s documents) and Internet materials. The study adopted simple percentages, tables, Regression statistical analysis and descriptive method of data analysis. Data analysis revealed that both organizations strategies have been effective but the major targeted groups of these two organizations are the elite instead of the indigent women and children, resulting in their activities to be mostly elitist in nature. The activities of the two organizations are not equitably spread between urban and rural centres thereby denying many women access to their programmes, including lack of adequate finance, internal cohesion and corrupt tendencies which are major constraints to the operations of the branches of both organizations. As a result of these findings, the study recommends that: programmes, projects and activities of NCWS and IFWL should be rural based; more women should be appointed into positions of authority in order to influence government policies that favours women’s empowerment and the strategies of these organizations should be constantly reviewed to reflect current realities facing Nigerian women generally.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN SOCIETIES AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS CONTRIBUTION TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, EDO AND KADUNA STATES (2006-2016)

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