A SURVEY OF WOMEN ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF STUDY

The economic development of the country is gradually taking a new form through the participation of women in the mainstream of politics and social economic development and the realization of strong and variable economics can be total without the participation of women. The involvement of women into the mainstream of development process is a recent phenomenon, two decades ago, only the men were le and even made the undertake the bulk of developmental activities without recognition. Given the conducive governmental atmosphere women organization are spring up in all the hooks and corners of the country. This organization varies ranging from the age-grade organization of farmers union, co-operative market union, better life and all purposes form for the rural women provided. Economic development may be look in the other hands by the United Nation (1997) defined economics development as a process whereby the real per capital income increases even time through changes in the quality of productive factors in the growth process.

Development in a broader perspective could be defined as a dynamic process involving the countries interaction of the people and their environment. However, in this study community development could be seen as the movement design to promote better living for the whole community with the active participation by the initiation of the community. The United Nation concluded that community development element is the process by which the effects of the people themselves are united with those governmental authorities to improve the social economic and culture condition of the community. The development of community development at the local government area established several programmes through which they reached the women. Especially the special women centre established by the department all over the town and village to deal specifically on woman related issues another permanent feature is the department resent for the trained filed sta that are oen responsible for the mobilization of women folk.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

The statement of problems of this study is therefore to identify what constitute the role of women in community development particularly in Order Local Governemnt Area, also to examine the extent to which the problem of sending adequate staffs to the rural area to mobilize the Oredo Local Governemnt Area of Edo State.