期刊名称：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
印刷版ISSN：2250-0715
电子版ISSN：2248-9010
出版年度：2011
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：65-72
出版社：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
摘要：The paper examined the issue of literacy as a potent tool for empowering women in the Nigerian communities. The paper was premised on the fact that when women are literate, they will be more active in their various communities. Their voices will be heard as opposed to their faces being seeing and this will instill in them the confidence to make progress in this advancing world. The study made use of descriptive survey design. The population for the study consisted of all the women in Ibadan North Local Government while 211 women were randomly selected as samples for the study. A self designed questionnaire of 20 items was designed to elicit responses from the subjects of the study on their views on literacy, good living and empowerment. The data collected were subjected to statistical test at 0.05 level of significance. The study discovered that literacy is a weapon for fighting poverty, diseases, and ignorance and when all these are fought, an average woman becomes empowered to participate actively in issues of development in her community. The study therefore recommended among others that women should show interest in literacy as where there is a will, there is a way and the government at all levels should make efforts to fund literacy programmes and encourage women to take active part in literacy programme.
关键词：Literacy; Empowerment; Social Mobility and Women.
