Abstract: Gender as a concept has attracted interest globally across different endeavours especially women participation in politics. This is because politics is a major pillar that upholds any society as an act of governance. The paper focus on several issues that border on gender disparity in Nigeria‘s political process. It was discovered that some factors were responsible for low participation of Nigerian women in politics. The study recommended that to attain these goals, there is need for both men and women to be adequately part of decision making at all levels of government. This will guaranteed the representation of gender issues as they affect both sexes.
This paper is basically on the role of women in the Nigerian politics. The inferiority complex of women regarding active political participation and representation constitute the bane of this study. The most critical element of this discourse is however that women are, and have been sidelined in the political scheme of things in Nigeria and this state of affairs spells a dangerous omen for the Nigerian system which is now literally dominated and controlled by men. In the past, experience has shown, of course as demonstrated in the study, that women’s political roles have contributed immensely in the shaping of the Nigerian politics. It will be unthinkable to wish away the critical efforts of women in the making of Nigerian state while arrogating political powers to the male folk. It is also unhealthy to ascribe political powers strictly to men in this era of globalization where the role of women in global politics is considered to be relevant in overall world peace, tranquillity and mutual co-existence.
Keywords: Women and Politics.
Title: Nigeria Women in Politics: Challenges and way forward
Author: Oluwadamilola, Kemi Adams
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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