Women Empowerment through Education for Individuals and National Development in Nigeria
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The paper examined the concept of women empowerment through education which includes the provision of functional education for girls and women through skills such as sewing, dying, cooking, baking, typing, knitting, and awakening the consciousness of all women to the need for the development of a positive self-image. It examined the legislation on women's education such as socio-cultural religious and superstitious beliefs which inhibit women and prevent them from self-actualization, thus placing them in a perpetual subordinate position that must also be abandon. It also talks about the benefits of women's empowerment through education which states that educating women will encourage technological innovation, improve food production, promote skills development, increase economic efficiency, support family planning, and improve the general quality of life. It highlighted pre-requisite for Women's Empowerment such as empowerment should be sensitive to issues of gender and other aspects of humanity. It also suggested ways of empowering Women through Education for a Sustainable Economy that the Nigerian government should emphasize the importance of the education of females not only in arts, humanities, and social sciences but also in science and technology. Lastly, it talks about the relevance of women's education and empowerment to the Nation, particularly on girls as an individual, the community, and the nation at large. Conclusively, empowerment makes a person choose and demand. It makes the person able to choose her goals, generate opportunities to reach the goals, and determine the overall direction of her life.
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