3 PREFACE Perspectives of Women/Girls in Pastoral This policy brief is the second in the series of Communities of the Northeast Region of communication to policy and decision makers Nigeria on Women Empowerment as well as other researchers on the on-going Initiatives. [...] Funding: IDRC, Ottawa, Canada This edition presents explored local meaning Implementing Partners: Centre for Population and and perceptions of women and men in Environmental Development and Cowater International pastoral communities of the Northeast region of Nigeria of the concept of women empowerment with a view to using such findings for intervention in the study area. [...] of Women in Decision making and leadership as a form of Empowerment: Reduction of Unpaid Housework Enhancing women participation, decision Some respondents opined that Women can making and leadership in the community be empowered when the burden of unpaid will bring more development to the housework is reduced when the men share in community and the society at large. [...] This in adjusted for women to be fully involved in turn will enhance their development and the development of the society or also the community. [...] You have to follow how to truly measure women are through religious leaders, community empowered in pastoralism is to visit them leaders and other top personnel to through the leaders in the community and convince their husbands on the you will have to know the level of their importance of women empowerment.
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