VOCATIONAL CENTRE FOR MUSLIM WOMEN ABUJA (Creating the appropriate environment for the Ideal Muslim Woman)
VOCATIONAL CENTRE FOR MUSLIM WOMEN ABUJA (Creating the appropriate environment for the Ideal Muslim Woman)
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Date
1998-10
Authors
BASHIRU, TUKUR, RUKAYYATU
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Abstract
After decades of neglect, there is now a global awareness of the crucial role that
women can play in sustainable development. Unfortunately most of the development
programmes that have been planned and implemented do not seem to have taken the
peculiar needs of the Muslim woman into consideration.
This thesis is aimed at providing Muslim womenfolk within the Abuja
metropolis and those in the satellite towns (Bwari, Deidei, Gwagwa, Gwagwalada,
Kado, Kuje, Karu, Karmu, Kubwa, Kwali, Nyanya, Suleija), with a culturally suitable
environment for acquiring vocational skills. Their vocational skills will then become
the basis for setting up "cottage industries."
The objective is to achieve a harmony between architectural design and cultural
values. Through careful planning and organisation, necessary options will evolve to
enhance this desired goal. Facilities provided are mostly workshop-oriented with
emphasis on the sense of "sight" rather than that of "hearing", which makes
communication with individuals of different or various levels of education and age, less
cumbersome.
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A thesis submitted to the Post-Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello University,
in partial fulfilment for the degree of Masters of Science in Architecture.
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Keywords
VOCATIONAL CENTRE,, MUSLIM,, WOMEN,, ABUJA,