THE ISSUE OF WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT THE CASE OF AUGUST WOMEN MEETING IN IGBO LAND. A CASE STUDY OF AUGUST SUMMIT THE IGBO WOMEN MODEL AND NEXUS AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN OZUBULULU LOCAL GOVE

ABSTRACT  This seminar presentation is titled issue of women in development, the case of August meeting. A case study of Ozoubulu local government area of Anambra state. The aim of this work is to access the importance of August meeting to women in development chapter one of this work contains the background of the study, general objectives which is to find out how women have contributed in development using August women meeting in Igboland. It also contains the specific objectives which are; the role women play in development, the land mark of achievement of August meeting, how women use August meeting as a channel  to support the community projects. Also the significance of the study, research questions, limitation and scope of the study. Chapter two has to do with the literature reviews, and evolution of the August meeting. Chapter three entails the research methodology and the population of the study with a sample size of 398 randomly selected. Data were collected and analyzed. Findings of the study were noted, recommendations were made. The conclusion was written down. Finally from this study it has been seen that “mothers summit” popularly known as “August women meeting’ is a very good channel for development of over communities. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover page i Title page  ii Dedication  iii Abstract iv CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 2 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM3 1.3 GENERAL OBJECTIVES 3 1.4 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 3 1.5 SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY4  1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 4 1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE  STUDY  6 CHAPTER TWO 2.1 AUGUST MEETING EVOLUTION7 2.2 THE CONCEPT OF AUGUST MEETING  AS AN INITATIVE OF THE OTU ALUTUTARADI.8 2.3 WHY AUGUST10 2.4 AUGUST MEETING (CONCEPT AND PRACTICE)  11 2.5 MODE OF OPERATIONS 12 2.6 MEMBERSHIP (ATTENDANCE AT MEETING)  13 2.7 METHOD OF FUND RAISING 14 2.8 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT  PROJECT (ACTIVITIES) 16 2.9 A LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT OF  “AUGUST MEETING”  18 CHAPTER THREE ⦁RESEARCH METHODOLOGY29 3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 29 3.2 AREA OF STUDY  29 3.3 POPULATION OF THE STUDY 30 3.4 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES 30 3.6 SOURCES OF DATA COLLECTIONS 32 3.7 INSTRUMENT USED FOR DATA COLLECTION 33 3.8 TESTS FOR VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF RESEARCH DESIGN 33 CHAPTER FOUR PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 34-37
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION38 5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS38 5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 39 CONCLUSION 41 REFERENCES