VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: A VERITABLE TOOL FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA BY ANYANWU‚ ODINAKA GIDEON Department of Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikwe University‚ Awka GSM: +2348064574028 Email: odinaka.gideonanyanwu@yahoo.com A Paper Presented at the Maiden Annual Conference of Women in Colleges of Education Holding at Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education Auditorium‚ Owerri‚ Imo State‚ from 24th to 28th November 2014 Abstract: Woman is a term usually reserved for an adult‚ with
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motivation of its employees. Employee empowerment is one of them. Employee empowerment means that an employee is given a chance to be enterprising‚ take risks without compromising with the organizational goals‚ mission and vision. His say in the process of decision making is increased. This can be for one particular individual or for the entire organization. In the latter case it is called participative management. There are pros and cons to this employee empowerment. Whereas it is said and has been
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Women Empowerment in Pakistan Outline 1. Introduction: 2. Women Empowerment and Pakistan 3. Women Empowerment at global level 4. Causes of anti-women practices in Pakistan a. Male dominance and discrimination on the basis of gender b. Pseudo-religious scholars’ misinterpretation of scriptures c. Feudalistic‚ Political‚ Economic and Socialistic system of government 5. Effects of Anti-women practices a. Abysmal state of women b. Honor killings‚ marriages with Quran‚ denial of inheritance
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would first like to extend our highest gratitude to Professor J.K. Jain‚ Human Resource Management ‚ whose knowledge and experience has served as a continuous source of encouragement and motivation during the entire life-cycle of this project. We would like to thank our esteemed institute‚ Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon‚ for providing us the infrastructure & facilities‚ without which this project would have remained an unfulfilled dream. We would also like to
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empower is defined as "to give official authority or legal power to" therefore employee empowerment would be giving official authority and power to employees‚ or giving the employees responsibility for what they do. Employee empowerment‚ or just empowerment‚ has many positive and also many negative or controversial sides‚ throughout this paper I will discuss these points and discuss them in depth. Empowerment is a trend that has been hitting companies since the 1990 ’s. The movement had originally
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Assignment No.1 Empowerment Course Instructor: Dr. Faisal Hamad Prepared by: Mosab Ahmed Emam Ahmed Empowerment The purpose of this essay is to critically discussing if empowerment only appears to give employees greater control and‚ in reality remains dominated and restricted by management. Therefore the essay will start by defining employee empowerment‚ which includes concepts such as employee involvement and participation. After that it will also try to prove that empowerment is actually
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EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN INDIA “Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose‚ doing God’s work‚ peacefully and harmoniously.”-Wayne Dyer‚ American motivational speaker. According to McLeod‚ the concept ‘Empowerment’ derives from Latin word ’potere’ which means "to be able”. From the view of sociological aspect‚ empowerment is a multi-dimensional‚ multi-tiered and multifaceted concept. The term empowerment has different meanings in different socio-cultural and political contexts.
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1320071 WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA Purusottam Nayak and Bidisha Mahanta Email: nehu_pnayak@yahoo.co.in Web Address: www.pnayak.webs.com/ Abstract The present paper is an attempt to analyze the status of women empowerment in India using various indicators like women’s household decision making power‚ financial autonomy‚ freedom of movement‚ political participation‚ acceptance of unequal gender role‚ exposure to media‚ access to education‚ experience
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Women Empowerment in Bangladesh Women empowerment in Bangladesh means giving women of the country the power to rule and govern their own lives‚ away from traditional and social constraints. The women empowerment movement in Bangladesh focuses on giving women the power and authority they need to be men’s equals. The structures of sub ordinance that have keep women in the dark for so long must be eliminated. Women must have intellectual resources that can be acquired through good education and material
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INDIA. Indian women are playing active part in strengthening the country’s democratic institutions. "Increasing representation for women in Parliament and other legislative bodies and their active participation in election is an example of women empowerment in the country. WOMEN SAFETY I think that special powers and stringent laws should be implemented to save women from increasing day by day crimes.. No doubt women enjoy equal status with men but still there is a question of women safety. Till
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