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Gender and Climate Change – Case Study of Oko Agbon Odooyi Community
Centre for 21st Century Issues, 2010What are the gender implications of poverty, unemployment and the absence of basic infrastructure in the face of climate change, and what should governments be doing to improve the situation?DocumentAnalysis of the uses of information and communication technology for gender empowerment and sustainable poverty alleviation in Nigeria
2006This article is a descriptive analysis of the use of ICT for gender empowerment and sustainable poverty alleviation in Nigeria. It describes the roles that ICTs have played in the lives of the poor and the ones yet untapped in Nigeria, and how ICTs can assist women in addressing the chronic issues of widespread poverty.DocumentAnalysis of the uses of information and communication technology for gender empowerment and sustainable poverty alleviation in Nigeria
2006This article is a descriptive analysis of the use of ICT for gender empowerment and sustainable poverty alleviation in Nigeria. It describes the roles that ICTs have played in the lives of the poor and the ones yet untapped in Nigeria, and how ICTs can assist women in addressing the chronic issues of widespread poverty.DocumentGender, ICTs and Agriculture
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2002This report examines the digital divide that exists between developing nations of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and the rest of the world. The report highlights the following issues:DocumentEffects of livelihood assets on poverty status of farming households’ in Southwestern, Nigeria
AgEcon Search, 2011The eradication of poverty in rural Nigeria remains a hard challenge for the country to overcome despite the various poverty eradication programmes implementation at different levels of government. This study examines the effects of farmers’ household livelihood assets on poverty.DocumentUnjust waters: climate change, flooding and the urban poor in Africa
Russell Sage Foundation, 2008Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters on steep, unstable hillsides, or along the foreshore on former mangrove swamps or tidal flats.DocumentRural Africa at the crossroads: livelihoods, practices and policies
Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2000The last two decades of the 20th century have been a period of change for sub-Saharan African economies. Structural Adjustment Programmes have triggered a huge, unplanned income diversification response in African rural areas making rural populations become more occupationally flexible, spatially mobile and increasingly dependent on non-agricultural income-generating activities.DocumentThe future of pastoralism in a changing climate
Arid Lands Information Network, 2011Pastoralism is a free-range livestock production system. It is practised in all of Africa’s dryland regions, and in some communities it is the main source of food security and income. But will pastoralism survive in the changing climate? This issue of Joto Afrika provides research findings, lessons learnt and success stories from across Africa.DocumentHuman rights count!: Key findings of the pilot studies in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia
Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, 2010This multi-country study documents HIV related human rights violations against people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia.DocumentWomen and political participation in Nigeria
Taylor and Francis Group, 2010The low level of political participation of women is becoming alarming and disturbing. This hampers women from contributing their quota to the development of Nigeria. Empirical observations have shown that women in position of responsibilities are noted to be hardworking and firm in their decision.Pages