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Trends in enrollment, graduation and staffing of science and technology education in Nigeria tertiary institutions: a gender participation perspective
Academic Journals, 2013There is little empirical data on gender participation in science and technology (S&T) education in Nigeria. This study examines the enrolment, graduation and staffing pattern of men and women in S&T fields in tertiary institutions from 1997 to 2006; the specific motivational factors for S&T education; and factors influencing their choice of career.DocumentGender issues in basic education and national development in Nigeria
2013This paper examines factors inhibiting gender equality in the Nigerian education sector, focusing on access to education as well as the learning process. Over the years, education in Nigeria has been primarily oriented toward closing the enrolment gap between girls and boys, while insufficient attention has been paid to retention and achievement.DocumentWomen participation in the political process in Nigeria
2012The paper focuses on several issues regarding gender disparity in Nigeria‘s political process. The authors researched related materials on women’s participation in governance since pre-colonial times to present day.DocumentSocio-Economic Development and the Girl-Child Education: a Look at Jos North Local Government, Plateau State
2014The problem of girl child education in Nigeria’s Jos North Local Government Area has socio-economic aspects related to traditional gender roles. The research presented in this article examines girl child education and its impacts, with the view of finding out why few women are educated in Jos North metropolis.DocumentChanging status of women and the phenomenon trafficking of women for transactional sex in Nigeria: a qualitative analysis
2013This paper examines the changing status of Bini women occasioned by the upsurge and endemic nature of the trafficking of women for the purpose of transactional sex. It engaged ethnographic methods of data collection with the use of family-based interviews, focus group discussions using vignette stories, life histories, and key informant interviewing.DocumentLevelling the field: improving opportunities for women farmers in Africa
World Bank, 2014While agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa forms the backbone of many nations' economies, women are largely locked out of land ownership, access to credit and productive farm inputs, as well as support from extension services.DocumentSafe spaces prototyping: a human-centered design approach
2014Emerging from a human-centered project involving 32 girl co-designers in Nigeria, this guidebook for prototyping the establishment of safe spaces for women and girls began by listening to the girls and some of the people in their lives.DocumentThe role of women and girls in peace initiatives in Nigeria
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2013Do women and girls participate conflict management activities and peace building initiatives in Nigeria?DocumentGender roles in urban crop production in Imo State, Nigeria
African Journals Online - AJOL, 2013Promoting urban agriculture has become important in developing countries as a strategy for poverty alleviation. This study, done in Imo state, Nigeria, aims to understand the agricultural practices and associated gender dynamics in developing countries. The results show that a noticeable majority of urban farmers are females of mean age (40 years old).DocumentSocio economic gender inequality in Nigeria: A review of theory and measurements
2012This article attempts to synthesise a number of different views of gender inequality, followed by a discussion on various indicators used to measure it. It claims that women lag behind men in the majority of socio-economic indicators, and constitute the majority of the poor, unemployed and socially disadvantaged groups.Pages