This study examined the effect of child sexual abuse on children in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Relevant literatures that deal on child sexual abuse were reviewed. Three research questions guided the study. Survey and semi-structured interview were the research design employed. Sample size for the study was 200 sexually abused children drawn from the ages between 0 - 17 years from Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa was selected as the site of the research as a result of the recent high prevalence of girl-child sexual abuse in the selected location. Research findings showed that 92 (46.0%) of the respondents agreed that bad parenting played a major factor responsible for child sexual abuse in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, that 94 (47.0%) believed vaginal bleeding to be one of the consequences. The study also revealed that 104 (52.0%) of the respondents agreed that sexual abuse can be prevented through developing and sustaining prevention programs. The study concludes that child sexual abuse is the inhibition of a child‟s physical, psychological, moral or social development due to negligence on the part of the parents, caregivers or other adults to provide the essentials. The study recommends that all stakeholders including the church, communities, government and caregivers must be involved in the process of arresting this menace
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The study investigates rape myth acceptance (RMA) in relation to 5 attitudinal dimensions, namely strength of religious faith, religious fundamentalism, authoritarianism, social dominance and ambivalent sexism. The findings indicate significant positive relationships between all five dimensions and RMA and provide evidence that gender roles, sexism and conservatism predict victim blaming attitudes. These findings emphasise the need for prevention work and the need for inclusive education. It is hoped that a deeper understanding of rape mythology will promote a more facilitative culture for victims, an increase in progressive policies, higher report and convictions rates and enhanced support.
{"title":"Authoritarianism, Social Dominance, Religiosity and Ambivalent Sexism as Predictors of Rape Myth Acceptance","authors":"Kallia Manoussaki, Ann Hayne","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v7n1a10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v7n1a10","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigates rape myth acceptance (RMA) in relation to 5 attitudinal dimensions, namely strength of religious faith, religious fundamentalism, authoritarianism, social dominance and ambivalent sexism. The findings indicate significant positive relationships between all five dimensions and RMA and provide evidence that gender roles, sexism and conservatism predict victim blaming attitudes. These findings emphasise the need for prevention work and the need for inclusive education. It is hoped that a deeper understanding of rape mythology will promote a more facilitative culture for victims, an increase in progressive policies, higher report and convictions rates and enhanced support.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122097677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Ngozi, Yasmeen Sultana, Abdul Jamal, M. Nazeer, A. Sankaran
This study examines female vulnerable employment in India’s informal sector and the impact on economic growth using quarterly data from 1991 to 2017 and a blend of descriptive and econometric analyses (the twostage least squares instrumental variables technique). From the descriptive analysis, some of the compelling findings are: (1) larger percentage of female are engaged in vulnerable employment, (2) India's female employment is largely concentrated in the agricultural sector relative to the industrial and services sectors, (3) a larger proportion are self-employed, (4) a growing percentage contribute to the family income as breadwinners, (5) India has the highest percentage of female in vulnerable employment in the whole of Asia and second to Nepal among SAARC countries, and (6) India’s percentage of women in vulnerable employment towers its own regional average of 69.6 percent , it is twice that of East Asia at 43.8 percent and five times that of Western Asia at 17.5 percent . These statistics affirm that most women in India are engaged in vulnerable employment. Likewise, results from econometric simulations suggest that (1) increasing the number of female in vulnerable employment stifles economic growth, (2) increasing female employment in the agricultural sector significantly reduces economic growth, while (3) increase in female employment in both industrial and services sectors stimulate economic growth significantly. Policy outcomes are discussed.
{"title":"Female Vulnerable Employment in India's Informal Sector","authors":"N. Ngozi, Yasmeen Sultana, Abdul Jamal, M. Nazeer, A. Sankaran","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p8","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines female vulnerable employment in India’s informal sector and the impact on economic growth using quarterly data from 1991 to 2017 and a blend of descriptive and econometric analyses (the twostage least squares instrumental variables technique). From the descriptive analysis, some of the compelling findings are: (1) larger percentage of female are engaged in vulnerable employment, (2) India's female employment is largely concentrated in the agricultural sector relative to the industrial and services sectors, (3) a larger proportion are self-employed, (4) a growing percentage contribute to the family income as breadwinners, (5) India has the highest percentage of female in vulnerable employment in the whole of Asia and second to Nepal among SAARC countries, and (6) India’s percentage of women in vulnerable employment towers its own regional average of 69.6 percent , it is twice that of East Asia at 43.8 percent and five times that of Western Asia at 17.5 percent . These statistics affirm that most women in India are engaged in vulnerable employment. Likewise, results from econometric simulations suggest that (1) increasing the number of female in vulnerable employment stifles economic growth, (2) increasing female employment in the agricultural sector significantly reduces economic growth, while (3) increase in female employment in both industrial and services sectors stimulate economic growth significantly. Policy outcomes are discussed.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124745408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shabbir Ahmad, Huifang Wu, S. Akhtar, Shakeel Imran, H. Yousaf
There is a great hue and cry about the status of women in the male chauvinistic societies particularly in the Muslim societies around the globe. In most of the cases, the literature history presented women as the victim of social injustice, imprisoned in the chains of culture and religion, experiencing political transgression, and social deprivation. The present study investigated the position of women in the male chauvinistic society of district Faisalabad. The investigation was executed in the most vulnerable tehsil (Samundri) of the mentioned district. Furthermore, four union councils were selected in the said tehsil, and fifty respondents were picked up and thoroughly interviewed from each gender group that summed up into two hundred respondents in total. The findings of this research study indicated that 62.0% females and 55.0 % males were agreed that the condition of women was good in the society. Moreover, 61.0% females and 53.0% males were of the view that women should participate in the economic spheres of the household activities. It was revealed by 48.0% females and 44.0 % males that women could play their role in the development of the country. Lastly, 46.0% female and 54.0% male respondents interpreted that male chauvinism has decreased in the society that is permitting ladies to enjoy considerably equal rights in comparison to men. This study concluded that male chauvinism is decreasing very rapidly and would become a past story soon.
{"title":"Women in the Male Chauvinistic Society: A Sociological Study of District Faisalabad, Punjab (Pakistan)","authors":"Shabbir Ahmad, Huifang Wu, S. Akhtar, Shakeel Imran, H. Yousaf","doi":"10.15640/IJGWS.V7N1A6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/IJGWS.V7N1A6","url":null,"abstract":"There is a great hue and cry about the status of women in the male chauvinistic societies particularly in the Muslim societies around the globe. In most of the cases, the literature history presented women as the victim of social injustice, imprisoned in the chains of culture and religion, experiencing political transgression, and social deprivation. The present study investigated the position of women in the male chauvinistic society of district Faisalabad. The investigation was executed in the most vulnerable tehsil (Samundri) of the mentioned district. Furthermore, four union councils were selected in the said tehsil, and fifty respondents were picked up and thoroughly interviewed from each gender group that summed up into two hundred respondents in total. The findings of this research study indicated that 62.0% females and 55.0 % males were agreed that the condition of women was good in the society. Moreover, 61.0% females and 53.0% males were of the view that women should participate in the economic spheres of the household activities. It was revealed by 48.0% females and 44.0 % males that women could play their role in the development of the country. Lastly, 46.0% female and 54.0% male respondents interpreted that male chauvinism has decreased in the society that is permitting ladies to enjoy considerably equal rights in comparison to men. This study concluded that male chauvinism is decreasing very rapidly and would become a past story soon.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125484025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study analysed public perceptions of the changing gender roles and relations in the family in Kaduna metropolis of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Multiple stage sampling technique was used to select 152 men and 145 women. Data was generated through the administration of well structured questionnaire. Analysis was done with descriptive statistics. The socio-economic characteristics showed that the mean age of men and women were 45 and 48 years respectively with a mean income of N132, 000 for men and N118, 000 for women. Furthermore, the conventionally expected roles of men were, providing for the family and women cooking for the family. Also, the major decision by men is the family budgeting while the women decide which school the children will attend. The mean score of 3.5 and 3.7 for men and women respectively indicated that both agreed and accepted the changed gender roles. The major factors influencing changing gender roles are modernization, economic factors, social media and campaign for gender equality. The study concluded that family budget is majorly decided by men and recommended that men and women should complement each other in deciding the family budget and there should be intensified campaign on gender equality in terms of roles played in the family.
{"title":"Public Perceptions of Changing Gender Roles and Relations in the Family: A Study of Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria","authors":"Akpa Akpa, E. Ekenta","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v8n1a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v8n1a3","url":null,"abstract":"The study analysed public perceptions of the changing gender roles and relations in the family in Kaduna metropolis of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Multiple stage sampling technique was used to select 152 men and 145 women. Data was generated through the administration of well structured questionnaire. Analysis was done with descriptive statistics. The socio-economic characteristics showed that the mean age of men and women were 45 and 48 years respectively with a mean income of N132, 000 for men and N118, 000 for women. Furthermore, the conventionally expected roles of men were, providing for the family and women cooking for the family. Also, the major decision by men is the family budgeting while the women decide which school the children will attend. The mean score of 3.5 and 3.7 for men and women respectively indicated that both agreed and accepted the changed gender roles. The major factors influencing changing gender roles are modernization, economic factors, social media and campaign for gender equality. The study concluded that family budget is majorly decided by men and recommended that men and women should complement each other in deciding the family budget and there should be intensified campaign on gender equality in terms of roles played in the family.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125761888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The „other‟ is a powerful aspect in Marjorie Bowen‟s supernatural novels. It refers to those who are considered to be different, those who cannot integrate well amongst their peers and fit within the collective social mode of the normal and the ordinary. It represents alienation, isolation and rejection in microcosm. The „other‟ can represent a mode of identity for those who do not belong and in this sense the description of the practice of witchcraft is a declaration of the sane and rational world defined by contrast with the supernatural and the occult. Marjorie Bowen's novel Black Magic, published in 1909, has been referred to as "the queerest novel in the English Language"1 as detailed in the preface of the novel and indeed only a lively imagination could have conjured such a story. A weird, haunting and powerful thriller, it has an excellent ending and maintains a strong degree of horror throughout. The accounts of sorcery, satanic worship and the evocative black magic scenes in the novel are of a rare breed and the novel's vivid narration almost presents the plot as an adventurous foray into the darker realms of hell, heaven and the omniscient existence of the supernatural which were to become key themes in much of Bowen‟s later work in the years to come. Gothic melodrama was a particularly potent focal point in Bowen‟s work, even when the genre of the novel was predominantly historical, gothic and supernatural themes became the enduring narratives of much of Bowen‟s literary development.
{"title":"The Historical and Occultic Blend: the Examination of Sorcery, Satanism and Witchcraft in Marjorie Bowen’s Novels Black Magic and the Poisoners","authors":"Anjanette Nicola Harry","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p9","url":null,"abstract":"The „other‟ is a powerful aspect in Marjorie Bowen‟s supernatural novels. It refers to those who are considered to be different, those who cannot integrate well amongst their peers and fit within the collective social mode of the normal and the ordinary. It represents alienation, isolation and rejection in microcosm. The „other‟ can represent a mode of identity for those who do not belong and in this sense the description of the practice of witchcraft is a declaration of the sane and rational world defined by contrast with the supernatural and the occult. Marjorie Bowen's novel Black Magic, published in 1909, has been referred to as \"the queerest novel in the English Language\"1 as detailed in the preface of the novel and indeed only a lively imagination could have conjured such a story. A weird, haunting and powerful thriller, it has an excellent ending and maintains a strong degree of horror throughout. The accounts of sorcery, satanic worship and the evocative black magic scenes in the novel are of a rare breed and the novel's vivid narration almost presents the plot as an adventurous foray into the darker realms of hell, heaven and the omniscient existence of the supernatural which were to become key themes in much of Bowen‟s later work in the years to come. Gothic melodrama was a particularly potent focal point in Bowen‟s work, even when the genre of the novel was predominantly historical, gothic and supernatural themes became the enduring narratives of much of Bowen‟s literary development.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115401636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Holocaust literature has historically focused on generalized genocide of Jews throughout several decades, with scarce mention of Jewish sexuality, reproductive functioning, or sexual trauma (Chalmers, 2015). This paper addresses silenced female sexual violations that occurred within ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust. A background of Jewish sexuality in Germany prior to World War II is examined, as well as the impact of the Rassenschande Laws on violations of the female body and intelligence. The terms traumatic silence and sacred silence are presented and defined by the author and discussed in context of current scholarly ways of understanding silence in posttraumatic response. Observations of silenced sexual violations are discussed through examples from the author‘s visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and conceptualized as sacred stories of Holocaust women. To support this stance, sacred stories of several minority female writers are portrayed in this paper as examples of strength during times of oppression. Through externalization of silenced sacred stories, transformation of female sexual violations from traumatic silence to whole-hearted sacred silence is possible. Implications for re-authorship of traumatic stories into sacred stories are introduced through contemporary western attitudes toward the sexuality and reproductive rights of women.
{"title":"Silenced No More: Transformation of Female Sexual Violation into Sacred Stories and Sacred Silence","authors":"Chaya M. Abrams","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p2","url":null,"abstract":"Holocaust literature has historically focused on generalized genocide of Jews throughout several decades, with scarce mention of Jewish sexuality, reproductive functioning, or sexual trauma (Chalmers, 2015). This paper addresses silenced female sexual violations that occurred within ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust. A background of Jewish sexuality in Germany prior to World War II is examined, as well as the impact of the Rassenschande Laws on violations of the female body and intelligence. The terms traumatic silence and sacred silence are presented and defined by the author and discussed in context of current scholarly ways of understanding silence in posttraumatic response. Observations of silenced sexual violations are discussed through examples from the author‘s visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and conceptualized as sacred stories of Holocaust women. To support this stance, sacred stories of several minority female writers are portrayed in this paper as examples of strength during times of oppression. Through externalization of silenced sacred stories, transformation of female sexual violations from traumatic silence to whole-hearted sacred silence is possible. Implications for re-authorship of traumatic stories into sacred stories are introduced through contemporary western attitudes toward the sexuality and reproductive rights of women.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121018797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The number of people engaging in sex work is increasing in the South Pacific, and the same is true in the context of Vanuatu (an archipelago nation located to the east of Australia) due to the demands of urbanisation alongside underemployment. To understand the experiences of people exchanging sexual acts for money and other goods in urbanising and developing settings, qualitative research was undertaken in Luganville, a rapidly developing town on the northern island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. Those interviewed were male and female sex workers, „middle men,‟ who manage sexual transactions, a client and an exboyfriend of a local sex worker. Discussions focused on the technicalities of Luganville‟s sex industry, as well as sex workers‟ sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the extent to which sex workers are able to exercise agency during interactions with clients. Expanding on Marshall Sahlin‟s (2005) concept of developman, I analyse these interviews through the lens of gender and developmanin Vanuatu; that is, the ways in which gender underpins how ni-Vanuatu have understood, adopted, moulded, and rejected that which is introduced, and who is able to arbitrate, control, and even bestride these changes. I argue that analysing sex work through the lens of gender and developman reveals the specific challenges to ni-Vanuatu sex workers exercising agency, as well as modern configurations of gender in Vanuatu in general.
{"title":"Sex work, gender and developman in Vanuatu","authors":"K. Burry","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p4","url":null,"abstract":"The number of people engaging in sex work is increasing in the South Pacific, and the same is true in the context of Vanuatu (an archipelago nation located to the east of Australia) due to the demands of urbanisation alongside underemployment. To understand the experiences of people exchanging sexual acts for money and other goods in urbanising and developing settings, qualitative research was undertaken in Luganville, a rapidly developing town on the northern island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. Those interviewed were male and female sex workers, „middle men,‟ who manage sexual transactions, a client and an exboyfriend of a local sex worker. Discussions focused on the technicalities of Luganville‟s sex industry, as well as sex workers‟ sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the extent to which sex workers are able to exercise agency during interactions with clients. Expanding on Marshall Sahlin‟s (2005) concept of developman, I analyse these interviews through the lens of gender and developmanin Vanuatu; that is, the ways in which gender underpins how ni-Vanuatu have understood, adopted, moulded, and rejected that which is introduced, and who is able to arbitrate, control, and even bestride these changes. I argue that analysing sex work through the lens of gender and developman reveals the specific challenges to ni-Vanuatu sex workers exercising agency, as well as modern configurations of gender in Vanuatu in general.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124927291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this text, I will argue that the historical social inferiority of women should be substantially reduced to a side effect unleashed by our past methods of appropriation and elaboration of scarce resources whose nature was of the physical type. Gender egalitarianism is thus materializable only within a society whose methods of appropriation and elaboration of scarce resources prioritize the intellectual speculation over the physical activity.
{"title":"The Methods of Appropriation and Elaboration of Scarce Resources and Their Influence over the Social Status of Women: A Paleographic Investigation","authors":"Ludovico Lalli","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v8n2a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v8n2a2","url":null,"abstract":"In this text, I will argue that the historical social inferiority of women should be substantially reduced to a side effect unleashed by our past methods of appropriation and elaboration of scarce resources whose nature was of the physical type. Gender egalitarianism is thus materializable only within a society whose methods of appropriation and elaboration of scarce resources prioritize the intellectual speculation over the physical activity.","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115719533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Women in Sub-Sahara Africa are the sole providers of domestic wood energy, with half of the day invested and committed to sourcing firewood from forests and bushes. The experiences of these women are similar to other rural women in south developing countries, which led an Indian philanthropist to establish an energy unit at the Barefoot College of Tilonia, India. Through the government of India‟s international diplomacy, the college has extended the opportunity of training aged, unlettered and semi-illiterate rural women as solar energy experts across the world. Rural African women have, and still participate in the training, thereby making them solar energy „experts‟ on return to their villages. The article is a research report that elucidates the impact of solar energy training on sample rural West African women in their communities. A qualitative educational research orientation and phenomenology design was conducted. Data was collected through face to face focus groups (FGs) interviews and participant observations, while data analysis engaged both hand data analysis (HDA) and computer data analysis (CDA) using NVivo computer qualitative software. Major findings revealed major dividend of the women‟s training in social and economic development for sustainability. The article concludes with suggestions that will further engage the women for innovative and sustainable solar energy training initiatives and dividend which are supported by local governments of their
{"title":"Empowering Rural Adult Women through Solar Energy Training for Sustainable Development: A Case Study","authors":"Lantana M. Usman","doi":"10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15640/ijgws.v7n2p1","url":null,"abstract":"Women in Sub-Sahara Africa are the sole providers of domestic wood energy, with half of the day invested and committed to sourcing firewood from forests and bushes. The experiences of these women are similar to other rural women in south developing countries, which led an Indian philanthropist to establish an energy unit at the Barefoot College of Tilonia, India. Through the government of India‟s international diplomacy, the college has extended the opportunity of training aged, unlettered and semi-illiterate rural women as solar energy experts across the world. Rural African women have, and still participate in the training, thereby making them solar energy „experts‟ on return to their villages. The article is a research report that elucidates the impact of solar energy training on sample rural West African women in their communities. A qualitative educational research orientation and phenomenology design was conducted. Data was collected through face to face focus groups (FGs) interviews and participant observations, while data analysis engaged both hand data analysis (HDA) and computer data analysis (CDA) using NVivo computer qualitative software. Major findings revealed major dividend of the women‟s training in social and economic development for sustainability. The article concludes with suggestions that will further engage the women for innovative and sustainable solar energy training initiatives and dividend which are supported by local governments of their","PeriodicalId":198281,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128790284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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