Empowering rural women in Nigeria!The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication and current challenges in Nigeria will go a long way.There is need to strengthen efforts to meet the basic needs of rural women and girls through improved access to resources such as land ,credit ,technology and decent employment.There should be equal participation of rural women in political and socio-economic decision making at all levels.In Nigeria women lack land ownership rights or access to credit resulting in more malnourished children.By empowering rural women we could end the hidden development tragedy of stunting,which affects over million children in Nigeria...l urge Nigeria governments,civil society and private sector to commit to gender equality and empowerment of women as a fundamental human right and a force for the benefit of all.The energy,talent and strength of women and girls represent humaskinds most valuable untapped natural resources.Nigeria government should know that higher levels of gender equality correlate positively with higher levels of per capital gross national product .Empowering or opening economic opportunities to women and would significantly raise economic growth and reduce poverty.It high time that Nigeria government pay more attention to the plight of our rural women who are mostly responsible for the general well-being of their families .
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 10:57:12 +0000
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