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Title:Enhancing the Performance of Women's Multiple Roles: A Case Study of Isoya Rural Development Project, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Author:Akande, M.
Year:1992
Periodical:The Community Development Journal: An International Journal for Community Workers
Volume:27
Issue:1
Pages:60-68
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:development projects
women
agriculture
Development and Technology
Cultural Roles
Sex Roles
External link:http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1304149728
Abstract:It makes sense for rural development policies to support improvements in home technology and management along with the promotion of more effective farm practices. Most activities around the home revolve around women. Development policies that are not based on the recognition of survival strategies of poor rural women serve only to undermine the tenuous economic positions of these women. Policies should be formulated that address the need of poor rural women to balance their dual working and family roles. This paper reviews the home economics activities of the Isoya Rural Development Project (IRDP), Nigeria, and analyses how far such activities have gone in enhancing the performance of women's multiple roles. The focus is on the activities of the IRDP in 1985 and 1986. The seven-role framework proposed by C. Oppong (1980) is used in the analysis of women's roles. The framework comprises the seven basic roles women play in social life: the parental/maternal, occupational, conjugal, domestic, kin, community and individual roles. It is concluded that, given the necessary opportunities and infrastructural support, rural women will meet the demands of self-improvement and increased productivity. However, they still need a lot of education and a solution is also needed to the problem of lack of direct access to land by women. Bibliogr., note.
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