Tayo O. George

Women’s Access to Land and Economic Empowerment in Selected Nigerian Communities

Despite various land policies that prescribe rights to land in many societies, women remain marginalized in access to and economic utilization of land. This is widespread in rural communities where informal institutions such as customs and traditions subsist. In most of these communities, the patriarchal structure of families is championed by the informal institutions that support male dominance. This study focuses on economic empowerment of women as it encapsulates sustainable wealth of women. It provides answers to two main research questions: (a) what kind of relationship exists between land access and empowerment of women? And (b) how important are individual and household attributes in informing women’s empowerment through land rights? The empirical results of this study provide some new insights as they demonstrate how land rights influence women’s economic empowerment. The study also finds that women’s earning capacity reduces when they take up the responsibility of becoming the heads of households and that their income increases as they become more educated.

Domestic employment in career centered families : a case study of Covenant University Ota, Nigeria

This study set out to investigate domestic employment in career centered families using Covenant University Ota as a case study. The research relied mainly on data from primary sources. A total of One hundred and ten (110) structured questionnaire were administered to elicit data from respondents which comprise both Teaching and Non-teaching staff of the University. However, eighty three (83) useable instruments were returned with the teaching staff having the highest response rate. Some pertinent research questions were raised while the frequency distribution and simple percentage statistical tools were employed to ascertain the results of the study. The major findings include the risks and benefits associated with domestic employment on career centered families. Also glaring from this study, is the fact that women from career centered families are more active in engaging domestic workers largely females of age group(11-20)years to enable them participate in paid employment outside the family. The need to devise coping strategies to ease domestic activities and for career centered families to reach a compromise on domestic activities are recommended to ensure family stability Keywords : Domestic employment, Career, Family, Teaching, Non- teaching staff Gender and Behaviour Vol. 6 (1) 2008: pp. 1546-1558