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Advocating the Woman Affirmative Action and Women Empowerment in Rural Cross River State of Nigeria: The Role of the Civil Society and the Media

Advocating the Woman Affirmative Action and Women Empowerment in Rural Cross River State of Nigeria: The Role of the Civil Society and the Media

Endong Floribert Patrick Calvain
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522569121|ISBN10: 152256912X|EISBN13: 9781522569138
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6912-1.ch023
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Calvain, Endong Floribert Patrick. "Advocating the Woman Affirmative Action and Women Empowerment in Rural Cross River State of Nigeria: The Role of the Civil Society and the Media." Gender and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 460-475. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6912-1.ch023

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Calvain, E. F. (2019). Advocating the Woman Affirmative Action and Women Empowerment in Rural Cross River State of Nigeria: The Role of the Civil Society and the Media. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Gender and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 460-475). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6912-1.ch023

Chicago

Calvain, Endong Floribert Patrick. "Advocating the Woman Affirmative Action and Women Empowerment in Rural Cross River State of Nigeria: The Role of the Civil Society and the Media." In Gender and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 460-475. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6912-1.ch023

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Abstract

Most media initiatives (particularly radio and television programs) bordering on women empowerment and the woman affirmative action tend to give less attention to the rural woman to the advantage of her urban counterpart who, to a high extent is already abreast of the feminist concept. This more or less “accidental” discrimination is causing the grassroots women to stay somewhat in ignorance and to further be victimized by the viscous patriarchal system which prevails in traditional circles. Based on a documentary analysis and semi structured interviews with experts, this chapter explores the role of the local media and the civil society in the sensitization of the rural woman towards emancipation and socio-economic empowerment in Cross River State of Nigeria. The chapter equally assesses the effectiveness of the advocacy strategies employed by local media houses and NGOs for such purposes. It assesses civil society's use of the media for the women affirmative action in rural Cross River State of Nigeria as well as the local media potential to push this affirmative action in the grassroots.

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