PROGRESS REPORT ON WOMEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT IN THE SOUTH EAST NIGERIA BY DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION CENTRE (DEC) FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 2007 - JANUARY 2008
The aim of DEC Social Services is to better the lives of people especially those women who are not opportuned to be socio-economically self reliant. As a follow-up to our last report, we wish to present the progress report on the following programmes:
1. Democracy and Governance programme using critical mass approach of mobilizing women to act as a force to bring about social changes at the grassroots.
2. Adult literacy/Basic education for adult women.
3. Skills acquisition training for out-of-school unemployed female youths.
4. Community Health Education/Promotion for rural dwellers.
5. Community mobilization and community development through facilitation of Community Based Organizations (CBO) to initiate and prioritize their needs towards provision of their basic social infastructures.
Below are the 2008 progress reports of DEC Social Services: