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| Gender Equality and Women Political Participation and Representation in Nigeria |
Chukwurah, Daniel Chi Jnr, PhD, Johnpaul Onyebuchi Nduba, Gloria Nnedimma Izunwanne
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Abstract:
The focus of this paper is on the examination of women political participation and representation in Nigeria vis-à-vis ascertaining the extent of their involvement as well as unearthing factors that influence the degree of their engagement in politics. The study is against the backdrop of global agitation for gender equality and women participation in politics. Adopting liberal feminism as its framework of analysis, the study employed content analysis in analyzing data sourced mainly from secondary sources of data generation. The paper shows that the extent of women participation and representation in Nigeria is very low and calls for urgent action. Furthermore, the study espoused inter-alia that factors such as culture, media portrayal, religion, finance and nature of politics in Nigeria play a critical role in the extent to which women participate in politics in Nigeria. Against this backdrop, the paper concludes that since culture is not static, the government through various agencies such as National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the mass media should adopt strategies towards reorientation of the public. Also, appropriate laws should be enacted and rigorously enforced to drastically reduce the negative nature of elections in the country to enable level playing ground for all devoid of all forms of harassment and intimidations.
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