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The Role of Women in National Development

Everywhere in the world, women work around the home and outside the home. The most topical issues in international developmental programmes are about women. The woman as a person is an agent of change and reproduction of life itself. These places her in the position of life blood of the entire humanity. She is the first teacher, the sustainer and maintainer of the home, the peace maker, the symbol of beauty and major molder of the child character. She is a mother of human race. As mothers and wives, women do exert considerable impact on the productivity of male workers. As workers with fundamental rights, women can be linked to the rejected stone which has become the cornerstone of the bouse. By their sheer psychological, physiological and intellectual make-up, they do perform more than mere complementary role in the production process. Women voices are nowing being heard clamouring for an improvement in their socio-political and economic status and for the recognition of their immense contributions to national development. Development can be be defined, interpreted, viewed and perceived in different quarters depending on who is looking at it. In my recent research work, please, let us look at the following together: - Development means economic growth, distribution of income, social and economic transformation and re-organisation of the system. - Development means and can be described as a type of social change in which new ideas are introduced within a social system. - Development can also be viewed as a way to produce higher income and levels of living through more prosuction and improved social organisatios. The above definitions therefore, raises the issue of women participation in developmental process. And if development is about people in which women can not be left out, it is inevitable that they play more developmental role and active participation in national development. Furthermore, national development is about human, the enablement creative capabilities irrespective of sex. Development starts with the people be it man or woman which address the issue of national orientation, organisation, values, self-reliance, self-esteem and also proceed to the production and utilization of material endowment to improve and maintain life quality. Moreover, the areas in which women can participate in national developments are numerous but not limited to: 1.    Education 2.    Health 3.    Culture 4.    Politics 5.    Economy 6.    Agriculture 7.    Enhanced Environment 8.    Quality and peaceful co-existence Conclusively, women can not be left out of national development because when you train a woman the, you train the whole nation.