Open and Distance Education: A Contribution to Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment of Women?

dc.contributor.authorAmbe-Uva, Terhemba N
dc.coverage.placeNameNigeriaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-16T00:54:13Z
dc.date.available2016-03-16T00:54:13Z
dc.date.issued2010-11
dc.description.abstractIn Nigeria, as elsewhere in the world, Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is used as a major vehicle to break the three vectors - access, quality and cost – that has constrained education time immemorial in order to improve women’s wellbeing, reduce their vulnerability and act as a starting point in their empowerment. Using findings from two single-mode ODL institutions in Nigeria, - National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and National Teachers Institute (NTI) - this study explores the issues of poverty and women’s empowerment. First, it considers poverty from gender and economic sustainability perspectives, second, it evaluates the impacts of ODL on women empowerment and poverty alleviation, and third, it highlights the role of ODL in enhancing accessible education for women.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/2151
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectOpen and Distance Learning (ODL)en_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectAccessen_US
dc.subjectEmpowermenten_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectEqualityen_US
dc.titleOpen and Distance Education: A Contribution to Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment of Women?en_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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