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Title: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN OIL PALM EXTRACTION IN SELECTED OIL PALM MILLS IN AKUNGBA REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
Authors: Sunday Israel Akinde and Damilola John MICAH
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Sunday Israel Akinde1 and Damilola John MICAH2 1,2. Department of Sociology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria
MLA 8 Akinde, Sunday Israel, and Damilola John MICAH. "OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN OIL PALM EXTRACTION IN SELECTED OIL PALM MILLS IN AKUNGBA REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 7442-7459, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=541. Accessed Dec. 2018. APA 6 Akinde, S., & MICAH, D. (2018, December). OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN OIL PALM EXTRACTION IN SELECTED OIL PALM MILLS IN AKUNGBA REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(12), 7442-7459. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=541 Chicago Akinde, Sunday Israel, and Damilola John MICAH. "OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN OIL PALM EXTRACTION IN SELECTED OIL PALM MILLS IN AKUNGBA REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 12 (December 2018), 7442-7459. Accessed December, 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=541.
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Abstract: Previous studies have examined the direct work-related hazards and women involvement in oil palm processing without adequate attention on the social dimension and family-life effects of those occupational hazards. The women oil mill workers are faced with health-related and safety challenges which they may not even be aware of given their level of social exposure and education. Eighty-two (82) participants comprising mainly women mill workers, executive members of Akungba Oli Palm Women Association and other relevant stakeholders in the region were selected using multistage sampling method. Adopting a qualitative approach, the study used relevant techniques of Focus Group Discussion, indepth key informantinterviews for a total of 16 consecutive weeks, and found that although the women suffer these work hazards, their perspective about their plights is still shrouded in traditional and primordial sentiments of as it had been so must it continue to be to the extent they are yet to evaluate their situational plights for necessary action. It also found that work-family-conflict daily takes it toll and releasing its effects on their spousal relationship and related family-care responsibilities. It behooves the women opinion leaders in and outside the region to awaken the critical consciousness of the rural women on their rights and privileges.

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