INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT): A CATALYST FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN NIGERIA
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT): A CATALYST FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN NIGERIA
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Date
2008
Authors
Ikyembe, Bridget Terfa
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FORUM
Abstract
This paper critically examines the economic potentials of Information
Communication Technology (ICT) as a catalyst for women empowerment
in Nigeria, determining the level of economic gains enjoyed by women. It
also agrees that ICT can impact positively, through extended education in
the form of ICT related knowledge, on the competitiveness of female
workers in a growing globalized labour market. It state that ICT can create
numerous opportunities such as employment and promotion of
entrepreneurship ventures for women to be self-reliant, assisting Nigerian
women to have access to information so as to contribute to national
development by participating in politics and good governance like their
counterparts in other developed world. The paper also points out how ICT
can enhance capacity building and eliminate poverty as it contributes to
emerging economic and social development activities. ICT resources are
used for the improvement of health-care delivery, networking and
advocacy within the society. Among the challenges faced by women are
gender disparity, dual roles as wives and mothers vis-a-vis the global
demand for their skills which in some cases requires only operant abilities
to liberate them from poverty, subjugation, and diseases. The paper in
conclusion recommends empowering women through public
enlightenment, specialized trainings and government policies.
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INFORMATION,, COMMUNICATION,, TECHNOLOGY,, CATALYST,, WOMEN,, EMPOWERMENT,