International Journal of Innovative Research and Development

Anyalewa Alan-Ajonye , Ronke G. Awopetu

Abstract

This research assesses women's knowledge and practice of principles on the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). A total of one hundred and seventy-nine women participated in the survey. A self-developed questionnaire measuring women's knowledge and practice was used to collect data. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested using Pearson r and one-way ANOVA. The results indicated no statistical relationship between women's knowledge and practice r = .128; p> 0.05. Further analysis revealed that there was significant difference in educational qualifications and level of practice F= 8.615, df(2); p< .05. This implies that level of practice of women's rights may not necessarily be a function of exposure to the CEDAW document but other source of information sharing on women's rights. It was recommended that domestication of CEDAW and using advocacy, media, government and non-governmental organizations to intensify more effort in the area of information dissemination about CEDAW and all it represents would make the goal realizable.

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