Description
Book SynopsisThis book analyses patterns of women’s political participation and evaluates disparity between levels of women’s participation in politics and representation in governance in Nigeria. It also examines the causes of women’s underrepresentation in governance and decision-making as well as their implications for the country’s socioeconomic development and describes strategies for increased women’s representation in governance and decision-making in Nigeria. This study relies on political-culture and liberal-feminist theory and adopts a mixed-method research design involving quantitative and qualitative methods. It uses multistage sampling in selecting Nigeria’s South-East, North-West and South-West geopolitical-zones and 1206 women of electoral age for the study survey conducted using structured questionnaire and in-depth interview.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Political Participation: Global Trends in Gender Disparity
Chapter 3: A History of Women in Political Activism and Governance in Nigeria
Chapter 4: Nigeria’s Gender Policy: Affirmative Action, Women’s Political Participation and Under-Representation in Governance
Chapter 5: Gender Disparity in Contemporary Nigerian Politics
Chapter 6: Strategies for an Increased Representation of Nigerian Women in Governance
List of Acronyms
Bibliography
Appendix I: Women in Politics Map 2017
Appendix II: Historical Timeline of International Events and Treaties Promoting Gender Equality
Appendix III: Geo-Political Zones of Nigeria
Appendix IV: Population Projection and Sample Size Calculation
Appendix V: Questionnaire
Appendix VI: Interview Guide for the Study “Geopolitical Analysis of Women’s Participation in Nigerian Politics (1999-2015)”
Appendix VII: Distribution of Acts of Political Participation by the Respondents (Women)
Appendix VIII: List of Respondent for In-Depth Interview
