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An Evaluation of Empowerment and Its Impact on Women’s Participation in Development Processes in Umuahia CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background Of The Study Women have always been a marginalized minority. This is due to the fact that they do not possess the means of production. As a result, they fall short of their male counterparts. Women have always been on the receiving end of our cultural and religious practices, sex roles, and societal constructs, which have had a significant impact on them from their origin (Enemuo, 2001). According to Eboh (2002), one gender is consistently discriminated against as a result of social structure dysfunctions to the extent that disparities in access to societal social services, resources, property, and wealth are formed, resulting in gender stratification. Gender inequality is ubiquitous, with...

The Influence of Women’s Participation and Empowerment in Development Processes CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY When Third World feminists coined the phrase "women's empowerment" in the 1970s, it was obviously intended to frame and simplify the struggle for social justice and women's equality through the change of economic, social, and political systems at the national and international levels (Cohen, 2002). While the origins of each woman's helplessness (or power) are numerous and varied, it may be instructive to examine what women share in this regard. According to Enemuo (2001), focusing on women's empowerment as a group demands an investigation of gender relations, or how power exchanges between the sexes are generated and sustained. Men have the most power in male dominated countries, such as Nigeria, over home...