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Women Empowerment as an Essential Tool for National Transformation: Niger State, Nigeria Experience

Published: 10 March 2013
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Abstract

Gender statistics is an area that cuts across traditional fields of statistics to identify, produce and disseminate statistics that reflect the realities of the lives of women and men, and policy issues relating to gender. This paper studies women empowerment as a powerful instrument for national transformation and sustained economic growth. Attempt was made at giving the experience of inclusion of women in Niger State, Nigeria in such areas as leadership activity, economic opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment and health involvement. It is recommended that there should be changes in all sectors to promote gender equality and transform poor rural women into successful business managers.

Published in American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajtas.20130202.11
Page(s) 12-14
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Keywords

Gender, Women, Empowerment, Niger State And Transformation

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    A. Isah; L. A. Nafiu. Women Empowerment as an Essential Tool for National Transformation: Niger State, Nigeria Experience. Am. J. Theor. Appl. Stat. 2013, 2(2), 12-14. doi: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20130202.11

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    A. Isah, L. A. Nafiu. Women Empowerment as an Essential Tool for National Transformation: Niger State, Nigeria Experience. Am J Theor Appl Stat. 2013;2(2):12-14. doi: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20130202.11

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  • Department of Mathematics/Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

  • Department of Mathematics/Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

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