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    Women and Nigerian politics: an appraisal of 2015 general elections

    Independent National Electoral Commission, 2015
    This paper, written by Titilope Olalere, provides an appraisal of the 2015 Nigeria general elections in the context of women’s participation.
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    Men without women: an analysis of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria

    Independent National Electoral Commission, 2015
    Women often face unique barriers in elective politics, such as a lack of support and mentoring, that put them at a significant disadvantage compared to their male counterparts. This is something often not well understood by voters, who can be unaware of the benefits of having a mixture of men and women in government.
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    Sexual politics and democracy in Nigeria

    Social Science Research Network, 2015
    Years of military dictatorship has left deep scars in Nigeria's political transformation. As is the case the world over, the military in Nigeria was, and remains, dominated by men, with women vastly under-represented.
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    Female empowerment: the implications for democracy and development in Nigeria

    Centre of Excellence for Scientific and Research Journalism, 2016
    Democracy as a system of governance ideally seeks to involve, entrench, and demand the participation of all stakeholders. In this way, democracy can bring about social development to the benefit of society as a whole.
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    Gender discrimination and feminism in Nigeria

    International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2015
    Women are under-represented in almost every sphere of social and political life in Nigeria, including politics, commerce, agriculture, industry, military, and educational institutions.
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    The myth and reality of womens’ political marginalization In Nigeria

    International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2015
    To what extent have women been marginalised in Nigerian politics? In this study, the authors confront the idea that the marginalisation of women in politics is a myth, calling it not only wrong, but ill-conceived.
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    Challenges facing women empowerment in contemporary Nigeria

    Revue Miroirs, 2016
    This article explores the perception that Nigerian women, like many women across Africa, are comparatively deprived socially, economically, and politically in relation to their male counterparts.
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    Work and welfare: revisiting the linkages from a gender perspective

    Political and Social Economy of Care (UNRISD), 2012
    This paper takes a gender perspective to examine the relationship between employment and social policy. It challenges key assumptions about the translation of patterns of growth into welfare outcomes that are made in most poverty- and inequality-reduction approaches.
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    Stella Oyedepo and the feminist vision in the Rebellion of the Bumpy-Chested

    International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013
    Feminist activism and civic participation can come in many forms, including theatre. The prolific playwright Stella Oyedepo is arguably one of the most visible practitioners of theatre in Nigeria today, with plays including Survive, We Will, The Missing Ingredient, and Brain has no Gender.
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    The alienation of Nigerian women in widowhood

    2015
    This ethnographic study describes the plight of many women in widowhood in Nigeria, particularly in rural areas and more traditional communities such as those found in Etche, in the Niger Delta region.

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