Gender and Democratic Governance in Nigeria: Impediments to Effective Participation.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 12
Abstract
The study examines the major impediments to equal gender participation in the democratic governance in Nigeria. It obtains its data primarily from the secondary sources such as textbooks, journal publications, research articles and other online materials. The theory of Liberal Feminism has been adopted as framework for the purpose of analysis, while Content analysis helps in the analysis of all the data collected. The findings indicate that since the return of democratic governance in Nigeria in 1999 the female gender has been underrepresented in the polity. This is as a result of major impeding factors which the study highlights to include: colonial legacy, cultural practices, deficiency in education, wrong religious beliefs, as well as the poor economic status of most women in Nigeria. In view of this revelation, the study, therefore, makes the following recommendations: governments at all levels in Nigeria should endeavour to provide quality education for all citizens irrespective of gender status to arm them with the required knowledge for effective political participation; the government should review all cultural practices that have constituted barriers to women political advancement in general and their participation in the governance of Nigeria in particular; Religious leaders should not only accept women and girls as members of their congregations but should also recognize their rights to leadership beginning from where they are worshiping; Parents should not constitute more barriers to their female gender in terms of education, rather they should endeavour to give them befitting education that will enable them assert their political rights at all times; The civil societies, the media and the public should champion a gender equality cause on behalf of the female folk to liberate them from the barrage and shackle of impediments already identified.
Authors and Affiliations
Adie Edward Idagu, Nwokedi Lawretta Obiageli, Ahmadu Ocheche Eneje
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