Indigenous Women and Socio-Religious Institutions: The Case of the Ao Naga | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The paper seeks to study and analyze the historical records and ethnographic accounts of studies made by outside observers as well as local writers. It looks at the direct evidences provided in reconstructing the status of women with a view to glean from the past indicators that are helpful in comparisons with the status of women in the contemporary context. It also aims to look at cultural characteristics that provide for social mobility in women seeing that in the modern and post-modern era women have made remarkable strides in their status towards equality with the men in their society.