Arts & Humanities Journal|IJAH

Title: THE GIRL-CHILD IN THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
Authors: Olivia Elakeche Idoko and Paul Oja Egwemi
Volume:3 Issue: 8
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Olivia Elakeche Idoko and Paul Oja Egwemi Department of Theatre Arts, Kogi State University, Anyigba.
MLA 8 Idoko, Olivia Elakeche, and Paul Oja Egwemi. "THE GIRL-CHILD IN THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 2019, pp. 292-309, journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=22. Accessed Aug. 2019. APA Idoko, O., & Egwemi, P. (2019, August). THE GIRL-CHILD IN THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES. Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 3(8), 292-309. Retrieved from journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=22 Chicago Idoko, Olivia Elakeche, and Paul Oja Egwemi. "THE GIRL-CHILD IN THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 3, no. 8 (August 2019), 292-309. Accessed August, 2019. journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=22.
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Keywords: Theatre, participation of children, girl-child
Abstract: Theatre for Development is one of the verified systems in participatory development communication that aims at addressing knowledge gaps and effecting attitudinal and behavioural challenges. Thus, it can serve as a tool for informing and educating against harmful practices that impact negatively on the survival, development, protection and participation of children (especially female) at the community and household levels. This is against the back drop of the campaign all over Africa today, of the voiced urgency to alleviate mass poverty and increase the welfare of the girl-child and women through education. This paper is an attempt at capturing the efforts by UNICEF in Northern Nigeria in addressing gender gap in education. The question posed by this paper is whether the TFD methodology has been able to give the girl child the necessary voice through its processes not just to read the alphabet but also to read her world. This paper argues that the lack of opportunity for the girl-child to locate her space in the context of participation in the processes of her development does not portend well for her overall growth in the high speed techno-communication 21st century world.
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