Women Artisans' Information Needs, Sources and Seeking Behaviour and the Implication for Empowerment in a Semi-Urban Area in Nigeria
| Autor: | Nkeiru A. Emezie, M.C. Nwosu, K.N. Igwe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change. 1:47-63 |
| ISSN: | 2328-5508 2328-5494 |
| DOI: | 10.4018/ijcesc.2014100103 |
| Popis: | This study examined the information needs, sources, information-seeking behavior of women artisans and the implications for empowerment in Offa, a semi-urban area in Kwara State of Nigeria. Survey research method was adopted with questionnaire as tool for data collection, involving 210 women artisans. Findings revealed that women artisans have information needs related to their work, but with information accessibility challenges due to unavailability of accessible information sources like libraries, as well as absence of empowerment programmes from government. It further revealed that the major sources of information for most women artisans were verbal or face-to-face mode of communications. The paper concludes that women constitute a vital asset of Nigeria and are a resourceful group with a good number practicing artisanship. Therefore, there is need to develop the information consciousness of the women artisans by the provision of efficient, effective and reliable formal information delivery mechanisms to them, such as community information centres. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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