https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/87a8bc4198fabb14a1488b6fcf748ef6.pdf 66aa3099c478509d92ae2a7e7384b67b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ACHIEVING SOCIO –ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION FOR WOMEN THROUGH ODL IN ZIMBABWE .A CASE OF GWANDA DISTRICT Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Z MZACA DINGINDAWO NCUBE Description An account of the resource Globally there is concern for women empowerment and access to education. In developing countries such as Zimbabwe, of the 17% who are illiterate, 2/3 of them are women who are marginalized, hence most have little or no access to education especially tertiary education. Open and Distance learning has been seen as the panacea to address this imbalance since social realities limit the opportunities for women to take up full time study programmes. In Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU), with its spread to all regional compasses has been viewed as a realistic opportunity to enable the women to access university education. ZOU offers degree programmes in the fields of Science and Technology, Business Management and Law, Humanities and Social Sciences and Health Sciences. Based on the assumption that women have embraced the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode which suits students who fulfill other commitments such as work and family, this study sought to assess the socio- economic transformation that ODL, through ZOU has had on women in Zimbabwe in general and Gwanda district in particular. The study was carried out in Gwanda District of Matabeleland South region in 2016, and used the qualitative approach. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants. Data were collected through interviews. The study found that women have benefited from ODL programmes since they now occupy influential positions at work and earn enhanced salaries. Their employment prospects have been enhanced by ODL qualifications. Women have gained confidence to participate in workshops, meetings &conferences. The study recommends that the government of Zimbabwe subsidises ODL programmes to increase the number of women in such programmes and more Campaigns be undertaken on the benefits of ODL to women Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Global Journal of Advanced Research Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Open Distance Learning (ODL) Socio- economic transformation Women