Integrated Development Planning & Women Empowerment in Rural Areas: The case of Ncera and Ngqele villages in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Mupambwa, Gift

ISBN 10: 3846504971 / ISBN 13: 9783846504970

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Integrated Development Planning & Women Empowerment in Rural Areas: The case of Ncera and Ngqele villages in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3846504971
• ISBN 13: 9783846504970
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

In order to eradicate the legacy of the past, the South African democratic government adopted a developmental approach to local government. This necessitated a commitment on the part of local government, through the Integrated Development Plan(IDP) in facilitating community participation thus ensuring a transformation in the livelihoods of the public. The current study of women empowerment through participation in the IDP processes of Ncera & Ngqele villages in Alice has shown that women participation in the IDP is resulting in empowerment, although the empowerment is not widely noticeable & also since empowerment is a continuous process it cannot be realized within a short time space. The study found out that IDP like any other developmental policy is still dominated by man & is elite driven. In addition lack of resources, there is lack of capacitation building & time has been conceived to be also a challenge to participation. The study concluded that empowerment seems to be occurring in the two rural areas, but a lot still needs to be done to ensure that the participatory spheres becomes gender sensitive & equal participation in all the phases of the IDP process is guaranteed.

About the Author

Mr Gift Mupambwa holds a B. Soc Sci. in Human Resources Management and a B. Soc. Sci. Honours in Sociology from the University Fort Hare in South Africa. He is currently studying towards his M. Soc. Sci. Sociology at the University of Fort Hare.