By Udegbunam, John Melika
The study was to investigate the involvement of rural women in programmes aimed at poverty eradication in Anambra State. The specific purpose of the study included: to ascertain the extent of rural women’s involvement in agriculture; to investigate the involvement of rural women in access to productive resources, to find out the involvement of rural women in access to infrastructure; to determine the involvement of rural women in access to credit facilities, and to find out the factors militating against rural women’s involvement in empowerment programmes for poverty eradication in Anambra State. The population of the study was made up of 210 registered women organizations in Anambra State and 9 government officials, while the sample size was made up of 180 rural women from 60 registered women organizations drawn from 6 L.G.A across the State and all the 9 government officials from the ministry of women affairs of Anambra State. The instrument used was the questionnaire. The research questions were analyzed using mean score, while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Also recommendations were made based on the findings of the research work. Finally, suggestions were made for further studies.