1Onuchukwu Greg, 2Onuchukwu Emeka Felix 3okafor Ogochukwu Precious and 4Obi Charity Chioma
1-3 Department of Social Sciences, School of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State
Corresponding email: gregonuchukwu@gmail.com
Abstract
Half of the population of the world consists of women but their contributions in most areas are not significant. Women have always taken a back seat in economic, political and social structure in any society across the globe. The biggest challenge for any government is the empowerment of women to bring them in to contribute in the mainstream activities. This paper looked at the position of women in development and espoused Gender mainstreaming which emphasizes a society characterized by justice and equality, the concept of gender and the role/social status through which the relationship of gender can be measured. The feminist theory of gender was adopted in order to find out the basis for the different status and roles of both sexes in societies. The paper examined the role of social innovation and information and communication technologies (ICT) initiatives as means of mainstreaming gender into development issues and discussed the challenges faced by women, recommended strategies to address those challenges inhibiting women’s empowerment. This paper is based on secondary data collected from sources such as books, journal articles, reports of various government/non-governmental organizations on how to bring about justice and equality in the society.
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