Socio-cultural constructions of gender identities of rural farm children in southwestern Nigeria: Implications for education and social transformation

GRACE SOKOYA is a senior extension fellow and pioneer programme leader for the Women-in-Development (WID) programme in the Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC), University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB), Nigeria, where she combines teaching with research and extension services. Her responsibility for improving the participatory capabilities of women has greatly influenced her research interests on farm-families, with a particular focus on women and children, over the last seven years. She is a professional nurse, and holds a PhD in Educational Management. She is currently studying for a doctoral degree in Gender Studies at the University of Natal, Durban.