G.C ABEY FASHAE

This study was designed to investigate the assessment of the factors influencing the non-participation of women in community development programmes: A case study of Oredo local government area of Edo state. The sample for the study comprises of 75 women selected from government workers, teachers and traders in Oredo local government through a simple random sampling procedure. The research design used for this study is the survey and the questionnaire was used for the collection of data. The analysis of the data lead to the following findings: women don’t participate in community development programmes and that the level of their participation is at the lowest ebb; husband and societal valuesis a hindrance to women's participation. Culture and religion also impede women’s participation, and education help to encourage women to participate in community development programmes. It was therefore recommended that community leaders should be those that could be trusted by the entire community, campaign for women participation should be made more effective through the use of local dialects, necessary mechanism should be put in place through which the women’s felt need canbemet and more women should be involved in the planning and policy making inall aspect of our national life and development