GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN NIGERIA AND THE QUEST FOR GENDER EQUALITY, INCLUSIVENESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Résumé
This work critically examines the role gender mainstreaming plays in the Nigerian polity in the quest for gender equality and sustainable national development. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), women represent over 49% of Nigeria?s population, yet they occupy less than 7% political portfolios. This depicts a situation of inequality in a retrogressing male-dominated political system. The objective of this work therefore is to critically examine the impact which gender mainstreaming will have in the quest for gender equality and efficiency in the Nigeria polity. Theoretically, the work will be very relevant to scholars in the field of gender studies, management, politics and philosophy; practically, it will be of utmost relevance to policy makers and administrators. Given the population of women in Nigeria vis-à-vis their enormous potentials and the gross underutilization of these potentials, this work justifies the agitations for gender equality and inclusiveness globally. Content-wise, the work involves aspects of management, politics, international relations and philosophy; geographically, it focuses on the Nigeria's polity. It uses analyses and critical interpretative exposition to assert that a deliberate and structured involvement of more women in Nigeria's political system will bring about equity and the needed efficiency in the system that will trigger the realization of sustainable development.