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Journal articles on the topic "Women in Nigeria"
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J. Adams, Dr Adoga-Ikong, and Dr Michael Takim Otu. "Customary Law Marriage Practice in Nigeria: Women and Human Rights." Journal of Social Sciences Research, no. 63 (March 15, 2020): 272–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jssr.63.272.275.
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Marriage has been defined as a voluntary union between a man and a woman or women (in the case of customary marriage) for life to the exclusion of any other. In other words, it is a legal union which exists between a man and a wife(s). The practice is acceptable world over and it is usually legally recognized. In Nigeria, though there exist a statutory marriage which is monogamous in nature but most prevalent is the customary marriage. This marriage is practiced among all the tribes in Nigeria despite the fact that there exist statutory marriages. One thing that is pertinent here is that the practice of customary marriage in Nigeria has violated the human rights of the couple especially the women. The women in Nigeria have not enjoyed their human rights in their customary marriage. This is due to certain customs and traditions that do not allow for such. Among the few are undue reliance on consent of their parents. Before a marriage can be contracted female genital mutilation, the corresponding rights to bring an action for dissolution of marriage if the other party commits adultery, etc. As a result of the above (and many others) Nigerian woman is deprived of her rights. This work seeks to examine these practices which stand as hindrances to the rights of a married woman in Nigeria and therefore suggests that Nigerian women should be allowed to enjoy her basic human rights (even as a married woman) just like her husband, also that the practices in other climes where women enjoy their human rights should be imbibed in Nigeria.
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Olatokun, Ganiat Mobolaji. "The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Gender Inequality in Nigeria: Education and Empowerment of Women in Focus." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 3 (April 11, 2021): 2275–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.1199.
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This paper focuses on gender inequality in the area of education and empowerment of women in Nigeria. This has become significant in this time of novel global wealth coming with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR). It was discovered through a doctrinal research that, Nigeria, aside from having many national legislations on gender equality, is also a signatory to major international human rights instruments on gender equality. However, the workability of these legal frameworks has remained doubtful as there are wide range of gender inequalities which makes it difficult for Nigerian women to achieve their full potentials. Intellectually, higher number of Nigerian men goes to school than women. It follows from here that, men in Nigeria are undoubtedly gainfully employed than the women. Women in Nigeria are often circumscribed to low-paying and very repetitive jobs. In view of this realization, there is every possibility of increased and massive inequality and unemployment as robots seems ready to replace the women work force in Nigeria. Hence, the researcher asks the question as to; how relevant will Nigerian women be in the area of education and empowerment in this time of FIR, despite the presence of the law? This paper argues that the legal framework on gender equality in Nigeria are mere cosmetological set up, which had not impacted on equality between women and men, despite the Women in Development theory (WID), which has been made part and parcel of the legal framework. The paper fears that if these inequality persists, there will be no place for Nigerian women in the FIR. Concerted efforts are required on the part of the government of Nigeria to see to the workability of the laws on gender equality so as to make women relevant in the FIR. It is in the light of the far-reaching implications of this that the makes recommendations.
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O. Abakare, Chris. "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA: A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY." Jurnal Sosialisasi: Jurnal Hasil Pemikiran, Penelitian dan Pengembangan Keilmuan Sosiologi Pendidikan, no. 3 (March 30, 2021): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/sosialisasi.v0i3.19960.
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Family, apart from providing security and emotional support should provide the most secure environment for an individual to grow. However, domestic violence is largely evident in the Nigeria families and societies. Although, women are worshipped as deities at home in some cultures in Nigeria, they are also treated as second class members of the family. This is largely due to the patriarchal nature of the Nigerian society. The essence of this work is to investigate domestic violence against woman in Nigeria. This work discovers that the lack of physical power leads to general timidity in women. This work discovers that domestic violence is perpetrated by family members against women in the family, ranging from single assault to aggravated physical battery, threats, intimation, coercion, stalking, humiliating verbal use, forcible or unlawful entry, sexual violence, marital rape, dowry and even female genital mutilation. This work is of the opinion that domestic violence bluntly trips women of their most basic human rights, the right to safety in their homes and community and should be discourage.Family, apart from providing security and emotional support should provide the most secure environment for an individual to grow. However, domestic violence is largely evident in the Nigeria families and societies. Although, women are worshipped as deities at home in some cultures in Nigeria, they are also treated as second class members of the family. This is largely due to the patriarchal nature of the Nigerian society. The essence of this work is to investigate domestic violence against woman in Nigeria. This work discovers that the lack of physical power leads to general timidity in women. This work discovers that domestic violence is perpetrated by family members against women in the family, ranging from single assault to aggravated physical battery, threats, intimation, coercion, stalking, humiliating verbal use, forcible or unlawful entry, sexual violence, marital rape, dowry and even female genital mutilation. This work is of the opinion that domestic violence bluntly trips women of their most basic human rights, the right to safety in their homes and community and should be discourage. Keywords:Domestic violence, Women, Patriarchy, Nigeria.
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Nnaeto, Japhet Olusadum, Emenike Everest Uzor, and Juliet Anulika Ndoh. "Appraisal of the conflict between sharia law and rule of law on rights of women in Nigeria." Global Journal of Politics and Law Research 10, no. 6 (June 15, 2022): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/gjplr.2013/vol10n6126.
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The study “ appraisal of the conflict between sharia law and the rule of law on rights of women in Nigeria is inclined to reviewing the disagreement or incompatibility arising from injustices against women by the sharia law, which the rule of law is at variance with. Through its organ, the United Nations Organization had declared that all human beings, irrespective of gender, colour are entitled to enjoy the content of Universal Declaration of Human Right effective 1948. Consequently, every bonafide member of UNO, including Nigeria, must not only enshrine the declaration in its constitution but must also enforce and sustain such enforcement. The aforementioned exigency informed this study seeing that many states in the Nigerian Federation, especially from the north are fast adopting sharia law.The study was anchored on positive legal theory to critical explain the need for law in the society.Basically, data was elicited through secondary source. Findings revealed inter alia; that sharia law reduced the constitutional rights of women to live a dignified life; the rule of law was not very vociferous against the identified obnoxious practices of sharia law against women in northen Nigeria. Following the findings made, the study concluded that the liberation of women from the shackles of sharia law in Nigeria depends largely on the willingness of the rule of law to enforce the result of repugnancy test against sharia law where it applies. The study recommended interalia; A detailed review of sharia law in Nigeria which are not compatible with the provisions of the constitution; Constitutionalization of affirmative action for women in Nigera and Nigeria should diametrically adopt the provision of Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to guide in enforcing rights of women against all odds in Nigeria.
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Abass, Salimat M. "Women Entrepreneurship Determinants in Nigeria." Journal of Business and Economics 10, no. 4 (April 20, 2019): 356–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/04.10.2019/008.
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Women entrepreneurs have attracted the attention of organizations, policy makers and researchers as they have been identified as an important unexploited source of economic growth and development. The objective of this research is to contribute knowledge about women entrepreneurship in Nigeria and their motivations for entrepreneurship especially on MSMEs level. An empirical survey was conducted with cross-sectional data collected via questionnaire from 422 selected women respondents in six states each representing a geo-political zone in Nigeria using stratified sampling technique. Respondents are engaged in micro, small or medium enterprises in Nigeria. The study results provide strong determinant of women entrepreneurship in Nigeria. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) was employed as tools for testing hypotheses using SmartPLS 2. Findings revealed that the determinant of women entrepreneurship varies by life experiences and country. The study further discovered that a lot of women were motivated by the need for survival, family traits, education and skills, independence and need for achievement respectively in Nigeria. The study recommended that the Nigerian government should encourage women more in entrepreneurial activities and provide sound conducive business environment for women through provision of infrastructural facilities such as entrepreneurial training and skills, finance, infrastructures and credit facilities that will enhance women’s participation more in business.
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Amaefule, Adolphus Ekedimma. "Women in Neo-Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, and the Mainline Churches in Contemporary Nigeria." Feminist Theology 31, no. 1 (August 27, 2022): 34–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09667350221112875.
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This paper looks, in the first place, at gender issues in Pentecostal Christianity in Nigeria. This is especially as captured by the Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her novel, Americanah. It is found that women in Nigerian Pentecostalism are more than the men in number and participate more actively both in church activities and in spiritual efforts at home. However, it is mostly the men who are the pastors and leaders of the Nigerian Pentecostal churches, even if at home, by what is sometimes called ‘domestication’ of the same men, the women are empowered in some ways. The paper then considers what their place has in common with the place of women in the Roman Catholic Church in contemporary Nigeria. The paper adds to the existing literature on the place and role of women in both Pentecostalism and Catholicism in contemporary Nigeria.
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Chidebe, Runcie, Agha A. Agha, Onyedikachi Nwakanma-Akanno, Chika Okem akwiwu, Candidus Nwakasi, Simeon Aruah, Darlingtina Esiaka, and Phyllis Cummins. "WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN: PEER SUPPORT GROUP FOR OLDER WOMEN WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IN NIGERIA." Innovation in Aging 7, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2023): 453–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.1491.
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Abstract Metastatic breast cancer (mBC) is incurable and devastating to all cancer patients. In Nigeria, the proportion of patients with stage III or IV/metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis is 98%. Although many younger mBC patients live for years, older mBC patients have poorer prognosis, more physical symptoms, poorer access to palliative care, and experience higher social isolation. Also, most older Nigerian women diagnosed with mBC experience psychological challenges during and after their treatment, with higher possibility of abscondment from treatment. While peer support groups (PSG) have become increasingly beneficial for improving the quality of life (QoL) of these older women, there is paucity of literature exploring the benefit of these groups and how they provide support to cancer patients in Nigeria. Using a qualitative research approach and interpretative phenomenological analysis, we explored the experiences of older Nigerian women (n=8) living with mBC who belong to a PSG. Our finding shows that for older women living with mBC, seeing peers with similar lived experiences inspire them to keep living, being hopeful, and experience a reduction in death anxiety. PSG provides a culture of love, peer support, socialization and strengthened connections. In addition to pain and inability to walk (mBC linked disabilities) being recurring physiological challenges for many older women with mBC, forced retirement/inability to work, death anxiety, financial burden, and limited access to cancer care are some of the socio-psychological challenges they face. Therefore, the establishment of PSG in cancer treatment centers in Nigeria would improve QoL and reduce abscondment from treatment.
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Okonkwo, Uche Uwaezuoke. "Women and Witchcraft Accusations in Colonial Nigeria." Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural 11, no. 2 (September 1, 2022): 307–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/preternature.11.2.0307.
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ABSTRACT In terms of witchcraft accusations, Nigeria occupies the unenviable position as one of the most female-gender unfriendly nations of the world. To date, witchcraft accusations are still part of Nigerian daily life experiences. However, this article emphasizes witchcraft accusation during the colonial period in Nigeria. The available demographic evidence of witchcraft stigmatizations points mainly at women. This article relies therefore on fragments of sources from Nigeria from four major national archives—those at Ibadan, Kaduna, and Enugu. In addition, a body of existing knowledge on the subject has been collated, analyzed, and adduced in writing this article using the descriptive method of analysis.
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Oloruntoba-Oju, Diekara. "‘Like a drag or something’: central texts at the pioneering forefront of contemporary Nigerian queerscapes." Africa 91, no. 3 (April 26, 2021): 418–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001972021000280.
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AbstractThis article examinesShe Called Me Woman, a 2018 anthology of and by twenty-five queer Nigerian women. The text focuses on a variety of narratives by women as a way to challenge the confinement of queer Nigeria to the narratives of gay men. The article demonstrates how the multifarious queer(ying) experiences of women in different geographical and social contexts within Nigeria help to further contextualize the trope of what we understand to be queer in Africa. The stories in this anthology reflect the complex ways in which queer women in Nigeria negotiate their everyday lives against the backdrop of the frontier imposed by both anti-homosexuality law in Nigeria and global LGBT+ discourse. In examining the complexities of these women, this article argues that queer frontiers in Africa must necessarily be discussed elliptically, as a compendium of the known, the unknown, and perhaps the unknowable. The idea of queerness is taken up as a frontier of thought, imagination and modes of being: that is, an embodiment of identities at the crossroads of a complex convergence of the old, the new and the yet to be known.
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Odeyinde, Oluwakemi. "Gender Equality and Sustainable Development: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Nigerian Laws and Practices to Guarantee the Woman’s Human Right." Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (The) 12, no. 2 (December 13, 2021): 398–420. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jsdlp.v12i2.10.
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In light of the prevalence of discriminatory practices and violence against women, gender equality has been internationally recognized as one of the sustainable development goals to be achieved by state parties before the year 2030. However, achieving equality between men and women has been the greatest human right issue in Nigeria. The main aim of this article is to show that women are important in promoting sustainable development. However there are provisions of the Nigerian law which discriminate against a woman. This article argues that sections 221, 353, 357 and 360 of the Criminal Code and sections 55, 282(2) of the Penal Codediscriminate against a girl or woman. In addition, although Nigeria is a party to a number of international treaties such as CEDAW, gender discrimination remains a major threat to sustainable development. The limited number of women appointed in the senate shows the extent of marginalization of women in Nigeria. For example, the United Nations rating of Nigeria in human development is low due to the fact that the percentage of seats held by women in parliament is so minimal compared to the men. Therefore the findings of this article are to assist policymakers in enforcing sustainable practices that promote gender equality by among other things, amending the relevant provisions of the criminal code and the penal code which discriminates against a female in Nigeria. Finally, to reconsider bringing back the gender equality bill that was rejected for second reading in 2015 at the floor of the senate.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Women in Nigeria"
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Omonubi, Rolake. "Status of women in Western Nigeria." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2000. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3261.
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This study examined the status of women in Southwestern Nigeria from a legal perspective. It scrutinized the three legal infrastructures in the Nigerian legal system. The study is based on the premise that the huge disparity in the socio-economic development of the women in South-western Nigeria is a consequence of inadequate legal protection. Four independent variables were considered, and three intervening variables were identified. Workshops, interviews and surveys were conducted. A document analysis approach was used to examine the three legal infrastructures in the Nigerian legal system—the Common Law also known as the English Law, the Statutory Laws which are a culmination of ordinances, bills, and decrees and the Customary laws which evolved through tradition. The study found that constitutional and statutory laws do indeed provide substantial protection for women; however, some Statutory laws exclude women married under the customary laws. The conclusions drawn from this finding is that factors including but not limited to the inadequacy of legal protection, are key elements to which the socio-economic and political backwardness of women may be attributed. The factors include a lack of gender specific legislation to emancipate women from the shackles of patriarchy; ignorance and lack of awareness of existing protection; biased customary laws which are pro-male and which inhibit the socio-economic and political advancement of women and customs which reinforce gender inequality.
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Stone, Margaret Priscilla. "Women, work and marriage: A restudy of the Nigerian Kofyar." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184499.
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Most scholars of female farmers of sub-Saharan Africa have come to agree that the transition from subsistence to market agriculture has hurt women's independent agricultural enterprises and incomes. Research conducted among a group of farmers known as the Kofyar of central Nigeria provides a case study which runs counter to this general consensus. Kofyar women have not suffered a loss of economic or social independence with the introduction of cash-cropping but have in fact embraced the new opportunities of the markets to produce crops for sale independently of their households. The Kofyar farming system as a whole is outlined, and the system of independent production is described within this context. The recent history of the Kofyar is sketched including, most importantly, their migration into an agricultural frontier, the adoption of yams as the primary cash crop, and the evolution of a complex set of mechanisms for mobilizing labor. The role of women in the cooperative labor network and in household labor is described and women's important contributions to all types of labor are linked to their access to labor for their own independent production. One of the basic arguments is that Kofyar women are prospering relative to other African women because their labor has been so crucial to the agriculture of the Kofyar both before and since the introduction of cash-cropping. The other basic argument for Kofyar women's relative success is that they are successfully exploiting the flexibility inherent in their farming system to maximize their own production. The use of intensive techniques such as intercropping and taking advantage of the flexibility in the timing of certain agricultural tasks on their major crops of groundnuts and yams are examples of this strategy. Women have, in other words, evolved a system of independent production which fits around rather than competes directly with male/household farming. The dissertation goes on to place women's independent farming within the broader social system by analyzing differences between women in marriage and childbearing statuses and histories. Regular differences in magnitude of independent production are found between women with contrasting social characteristics (e.g. age, marital status, divorce history, numbers of children). The portrait of the most prosperous woman is sketched. Kofyar women's activities are seen as an essential part of Kofyar development. The system in general has become more prosperous and women as important contributors to that prosperity are also benefiting as individuals from these changes.
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Olorunfemi, Christianah Oluseyi. "Perspectives on HIV/AIDS: American-Based Nigerian Women Who Experienced Polygamy in Rural Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1350.
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Traditionally, in Nigeria women play a subservient role in relation to men. While a man can practice polygamy by marrying many wives, women cannot marry more than one husband at a time. Although researchers have documented the effects of polygamy on the spread of HIV/AIDS, little is known about the experiences of polygamy by Nigerian women who stopped practicing polygamy by immigrating to the United States without their husbands. It is important to know the experiences of these women as they pertain specifically to the spread of HIV/AIDS so as to develop a preventive intervention for HIV/AIDS among Nigerian women in polygamy. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perspectives on HIV/AIDS held by 10 Nigerian women who practiced polygamy in Nigeria before immigrating to the United States. Recruitment was done through purposive sampling at a faith-based organization. Guided by the health belief model, interview transcripts from the 10 women were analyzed to reveal recurrent themes that expressed the women's lived experiences in polygamy with their perspectives on HIV/AIDS. Findings revealed that these women had a basic knowledge of the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS by engaging in polygamy but needed to comply with the terms of sexual encounters as dictated by their husbands; therefore, they were at risk for HIV/AIDS. The results of this study can be used to increase awareness among Nigerian women in polygamy and Nigerian health policy makers regarding the transmission of HIV/AIDS and the preventive measures available for HIV/AIDS. Understanding the experiences of women in polygamy may lead to greater understanding of the impact of polygamy on HIV/AIDS and may help to decrease the prevalence of this disease.
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Johnson, Adetokunbo Iyabo Priya. "The voiceless woman : countering dominant narratives concerning women with disabilities in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77402.
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The main research problem in this study is whether law and specifically the human rights
framework can speak to the lived experiences and realities of the disabled Nigerian woman. This
thesis reflects the frustrations that I experience with my own intersectional identity as a (Nigerian,
Yoruba and disabled) woman. These frustrations begin with Nigerian law, specifically its human
rights framework and its perception of the disabled woman. One illustration is that the law
demands that one must choose between being a woman (identity category) and being disabled
(identity category). Yet, the disabled woman has trouble choosing one of these established identity
categories because she is a woman and disabled at the same time.
The law makes these demands without necessarily recognising and contemplating the interaction
and intersection between sex(ism) and disability (discrimination). Unfortunately, because the
disabled woman does not neatly fit into the human rights categories, she is labelled deviant and
denied protection.1 In most cases, Nigerian law even makes the choice: on the strength of the
disability the law decides that one is less of a woman and more disabled, and so refuses to
contemplate and recognise the gendered and emergent nature of disability.2 Thus the limits of the law and human rights in speaking to the complex and intersectional lived realities of the disabled
Nigerian woman become evident.
The law, and specifically the human rights framework, is often portrayed as a saviour of some sort.
For instance, a number of commentators point to the need for a Nigerian law and human rights
framework that will protect the rights of disabled persons.3 The acquisition of rights, particularly
for vulnerable groups who have previously been denied access to these rights, can be empowering
and there is no denying the value of a legal and human rights framework. This in turn raises the
question that is asked in this thesis.
The position I hold is that law and specifically the human rights framework, while having
enormous value, is limited in its ability to speak to the lived realities of disabled women. In my
view, this limitation results from a failure to recognise the complexities, interactions and
intersections that exist between identity categories such as sex, gender, ethnicity or race, sexuality,
class, age, culture, religion and disability. Specifically, in this case, the law fails to recognise the
interactions and intersections between sex(ism) and disability (discrimination) in the country.
However, I argue that the product of these unacknowledged interactions and intersections crucially
underlie and form the lived realities of the disabled woman.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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Gandu, Yohanna Kagoro. "Oil enclave economy and sexual liaisons in Nigeria's Niger Delta region." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003106.
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This thesis examines the intersection of oil enclave economy and the phenomenon of sexual liaisons in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. The particular focus of this thesis is on the extent to which oil enclavity contributes to the emergence of sexual liaisons between local women and expatriate oil workers. Despite the fact that the Nigerian oil industry has been subjected to considerable scholarly debate for over five decades, this aspect of the social dimension of oil has not received adequate scholarly attention. Gender-specific discourse has tended to focus more on women protest. Other aspects, such as gender-specific violence that women in the region have had to live with, are either ignored or poorly articulated. Picketing of oil platforms by protesting women is celebrated as signs that women are active in the struggle against oil Transnational Companies (TNCs). While women protest is a significant struggle against oil TNCs, it has the potential of blurring our intellectual focus on the specific challenges confronting women in the Niger Delta. This study shows that since the inauguration of the Willink Commission in 1957, national palliatives meant to alleviate poverty in the Niger Delta region have not been gender sensitive. A review of the 1957 Willink Commission and others that came after it shows that the Nigerian state is yet to address the peculiar problems that the oil industry has brought to the women folk in the region. The paradox is that while oil provides enormous wealth and means of patronage to the Nigerian state elite, the oil TNCs, and better paid expatriate oil workers, a large section of the local Oil Bearing Communities (OBCs), especially women and unemployed youth, are not only dispossessed but survive in an environment characterised by anxiety and misery. With limited survival alternatives, youths resort to violent protest including oil thefts and bunkering. Local women are also immersed in this debacle because some of them resort to sexual liaisons with economically empowered expatriate oil workers as an alternative means of survival. This study therefore shifts the focus to women by exploring the extent to which sexual liaison reflects the contradictions in the enclave oil economy. The study employed an enclave economy conceptual framework to demonstrate that oil extractive activities compromise and distort the local economies of OBCs. This situation compels local women to seek for alternative means of survival by entering into sexual liaisons with more financially privileged expatriate oil workers. The study reviewed relevant secondary documentary sources of data. Further, it employed primary data collection techniques which include in-depth interviews/life histories, ethnographic observations, focus group discussions, and visual sociology. Besides obtaining the social profile and challenges facing the women involved in sexual liaisons with expatriate oil workers, the study provides an outline of participants’ narratives on the different social and economic dimensions of the intersection of oil enclave economy and sexual liaisons. The study found that some of the women involved in sexual liaisons with expatriate oil workers have been abandoned with ‘fatherless’ children. Some of them have also been rejected by their immediate family members and, in some cases, by their community. The study also found that the phenomenon of sexual liaisons and the incidents of abandoned ‘fatherless’ children that result from the practice, has over the years been played out through local resentment against oil TNCs and their expatriate employees. This finding helps to fill the gap in narratives and to make sense of the civic revolt and deepening instability in the Niger Delta region.
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Olorunrinu, Kikelomo. "Nigerian Women Living in The United States are More Hirsute than Those Living in Nigeria." Yale University, 2008. http://ymtdl.med.yale.edu/theses/available/etd-08232007-131346/.
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This study was to determine if there exists a difference in the rate of hirsutism in genetically similar women in two different environments. 112 Nigerian women living in the U.S.A and 70 women living in Nigeria were surveyed. All women completed a pictorial survey scoring peripheral hair growth in 6 body areas from 0 (no significant hair growth) to 4 (severe hair growth). Total hirsutism score was calculated as a sum of individual scores. The survey also included demographic data, menstrual history, and data regarding use of hormonal treatments. Statistical comparisons between groups included t-test, nonparametric tests and chi-square test. Multiple regression analysis was carried out to identify independent predictors of peripheral hair growth. Women residing in U.S.A had a 31% higher total hirsutism score than those residing in Nigeria. This difference was not related to irregular menstrual cycle. To account for possible effects of age, B.M.I and differences in tribal origin, multiple regression analysis was performed. Location (living in U.S.A vs. Nigeria) remained the strongest predictor of total hirsutism score (P=0.02); tribal origin was also significant (P=0.04), while age and B.M.I had no independent predictive value (P>0.1). It was concluded that this difference, is not explained by factors such as age, obesity and ethnic origin. We propose that this difference may be due to differences in environmental or lifestyle factors of the women.
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Awomolo, Abiodun Adegboye. "The political economy of market women in Western Nigeria." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1998. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/601.
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This study examined the political- economy of market women paying close attention to the impact of governmental economic policies on women’s trade. Our analysis was based on the experiences of market women in western Nigeria as a case study. The study focused particularly on the wage and salary restructuring awards awards (Udoji) of the 1970S and the Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) of the late 1980s to present. On a secondary level, the study attempted theory-building of Africana feminism using the position of market women as the focus of analysis. To achieve its primary goal, the study presented and analyzed the following: (a) the impact of presumablY gender-neutral policies on women’s trade; (b) the plight of women traders in a gender-differentiated market arena; and (c) coping mechanisms market women utilize in light of the two preceeding conditions. To fulfill the secondary objective, an examination was conducted of feminist writings theoretizing the situation of African women vis-a-vis the reality of their existence. In this case study, triangulation was used to test the validity of the data collected. Secondary data was collected as well as primary data using a questionnaire and personal interviews. In addition, a videotape recording of markets was undertaken to conoborate survey findings. From our examination of the data, both primary and secondary, we found that market women were adversely impacted by SAPs conditionalities. Three major findings resulted from this study: (1) Stagnation of trade: the combination of devaluation of the naira, lack of money in circulation, ban on imports, high maintenance fees for market space, and non-payment of workers salaries by the government, aggravate consumer buying power and result in the stagnation of trade; (2) Market overcrowding: mass retrenchment brought women and men into the market who would normally not consider trade as an occupation. This situation in turn creates a reduction in individual sales, excessive competition for customers, and market overcrowding; and (3) Political alienation of market traders by the state: The current oppressive administration, fluctuation in leadership, arbitrary enforcement of policies, and police harassment have forced market women to assume a reactionary posture whereby they ignore state policies, attempt to dialogue with government officials, or stage marches and riots in order to demonstrate their dissatisfaction. Finally, our theoretical examination revealed the need for a socio-cultural construct to be integrated into the nexus of race, class, and gender within Africana feminism in order to make it a viable framework to discuss market women as a microcosm of women in developing countries.
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Koster, Winny. "Secret strategies women and abortion in Yoruba society, Nigeria /." [Amsterdam : Amsterdam : Aksant] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2003. http://dare.uva.nl/document/70507.
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Benna, Indo Isa. "Motivation for higher education of women from northern Nigeria." Thesis, Durham University, 2000. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1164/.
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Amaechi, Ezenwayi. "Exploring Barriers to Women Entrepreneurs in Enugu State, Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2780.
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Women play an important role in the development of their families and communities economically; however, in comparison to men, they disproportionately experience barriers such as low income households, poverty, unemployment, lack of training, and discrimination. The purpose of this mini-ethnographic case study was to explore the perceptions of women entrepreneurs in Enugu State, Nigeria on what information they need to overcome possible barriers in their business and economic development. The 5M (market, money, management, motherhood, meso, and microenvironment) framework provided the theoretical lens for this investigation. The data gathering process involved face-to-face semistructured interviews with 15 women entrepreneurs in 3 local markets in Enugu State, in addition to direct observation, field notes, and reflective journal entries. Data were inductively analyzed and then triangulated to ensure trustworthiness of findings. The major themes revealed that these women needed information in the areas of marketing, customer relations, accounting procedures, financing strategies, and formal business training to grow their businesses. Embracing the results of this research may contribute to positive social change by providing information on how small scale women entrepreneurs could reduce their dependence on their husbands, partners, and relatives.
Books on the topic "Women in Nigeria"
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Moronkla, Olawale A., and Dorcas O. Akintunde, eds. Women issues in Nigeria. Ibadan, Nigeria: Royal People (Nigeria) Ltd., 2009.
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(Organization), Women in Nigeria, ed. Women in Nigeria today. London: Zed Books, 1985.
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ʼLai, Olurode, ed. Women & social change in Nigeria. Lagos State, Nigeria: Unity Publishing & Research, 1990.
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A, Ayoade John A., Nwabuzor Elone J, Sambo Adesina, Omoruyi Omo 1938-, and Centre for Democratic Studies (Nigeria), eds. Women and politics in Nigeria. Lagos: Malthouse Press for Centre for Democratic Studies, 1992.
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Pittin, Renée Ilene. Women and Work in Northern Nigeria. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403914217.
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Kassey, Garba P., Akanji Bola, Isiugo-Abanihe Ifeoma, and University of Ibadan. Women's Research & Documentation Centre., eds. Women and economic reforms in Nigeria. Ibadan [Nigeria]: Women's Research and Documentation Centre, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1997.
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A, Imam, Pittin Renée Ilene, Omole H, Women in Nigeria (Organization). Editorial Committee., and Codesria, eds. Women and the family in Nigeria. Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA, 1989.
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A, Imam, Pittin R, and Omole H, eds. Women and the family in Nigeria. Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA, 1985.
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Tsika, Noah. "Nigeria." In Women Screenwriters, 30–38. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137312372_8.
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Madunagu, Bene E. "The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from Women in Nigeria (WIN)." In African Women, 155–65. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230114326_11.
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Simba, Amon, Ebere Ume Kalu, Vincent Onodugo, Chinwe R. Okoyeuzu, and Oyedele Martins Ogundana. "Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria." In Women Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, 155–72. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98966-8_8.
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Chuku, Gloria. "Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War." In Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide, 329–59. New York : Routledge, 2017. | Series: The Routledge global 1960s and 1970s: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315229294-15.
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Ogbemudia, Joy. "Nigerian Women in Context." In The Migration of Professional Women from Nigeria to the UK, 7–28. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003146964-2.
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Helbert, Maryse. "Women in Nigeria: Mired in the Middle." In Women, Gender and Oil Exploitation, 47–62. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81803-6_3.
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Pittin, Renée Ilene. "Subject and Citizen: Women, Religion and the State." In Women and Work in Northern Nigeria, 54–117. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403914217_3.
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Pittin, Renée Ilene. "Introduction." In Women and Work in Northern Nigeria, 1–19. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403914217_1.
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Pittin, Renée Ilene. "Education — Issues of Gender, Class and Ideology." In Women and Work in Northern Nigeria, 340–70. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403914217_10.
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Pittin, Renée Ilene. "Conclusion/Epilogue." In Women and Work in Northern Nigeria, 371–76. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403914217_11.
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Pasquier, E., P. Lissouba, AM Moore, OO Owolabi, H. Chen, TN Williams, C. Schulte-Hillen, et al. "High severity of abortion complications in fragile and conflict-affected settings: AMoCo, a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in two referral hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa." In MSF Scientific Day International 2023. NYC: MSF-USA, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.57740/pq3n-my95.
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INTRODUCTION Abortion-related complications are one of the five main causes of maternal mortality. However, research about abortion is very limited in fragile and conflict-affected settings. We aimed to describe the severity of abortion-related complications and contributing factors in two MSF-supported referral hospitals; one in a rural setting, northern Nigeria, and one in the capital city, Bangui, in the Central African Republic (CAR). METHODS This cross-sectional mixed-methods study included four components: 1) a clinical study using prospective review of medical records for women presenting with abortion-related complications between November 2019 and July 2021; 2) a quantitative survey among hospitalized women, to identify contributing factors for severe complications; 3) a qualitative study to understand the care pathways of women with severe complications; and 4) a knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) survey among health professionals providing post-abortion care in the two hospitals. The clinical study and the quantitative survey used the methodology of the WHO multi-country study on abortion led in 11 sub-Saharan African countries in stable contexts. ETHICS This study was approved by the MSF Ethics Review Board, the Central African Republic’s Comité Scientifique Chargé de la Validation des Protocoles d’Etude et des Résultats de Recherche en Santé, and by the Guttmacher Institute International Review Board. RESULTS 520 and 548 women comprised the clinical study enrollees for the Nigerian and CAR settings, respectively; of these, 360 and 362, respectively, participated in the quantitative survey. Of these women, 66 in Nigeria and 18 in CAR were interviewed for the qualitative study. Lasty, 140 and 84 health providers in Nigeria and CAR, respectively, participated in the KAP survey. The severity of abortion complications was high: 348 (67%) and 278 (50,7%) of women had a severe complication (potentially life-threatening, near-miss, or death) respectively in Nigerian and CAR hospitals. The KAP survey showed that almost 60% and 91% of health providers in Nigerian and CAR hospitals respectively, personally knew a woman who had died from abortion complications. Among women who did not have severe bleeding (146 in Nigeria and 231 in CAR), anemia was nonetheless frequent, affecting 66.7% of women in Nigeria and 37.6% in CAR. Among women participating in the quantitative survey, 23% in Nigeria and 45% in CAR reported having induced their abortion. Among them, 97% in Nigeria and almost 80% in CAR used unsafe methods. In CAR, qualitative data indicated that these included unsafe instrumental evacuations performed by unskilled individuals, and self-administered decoctions of traditional ingredients such as herbs, roots, or vegetables, ingested either alone or in combination with pharmaceutical drugs. In Nigeria, 50% did not want to be pregnant but fewer than 3% reported using contraception at the start of the index pregnancy. In CAR, 56% did not want the pregnancy, but 37% of women reported using contraception at its start. Women faced long delays accessing care, with 50% of hospitalized women in both settings taking two or more days to reach adequate post-abortion care after the onset of symptoms. Nevertheless, delays were worse in Nigeria where 27% took six days or more to access those care, versus 16% in CAR. Qualitative data indicated that factors implicated in longer delays included delayed recognition of danger signs necessitating medical care, unsuccessful attempts to self-manage symptoms, internalized stigma causing fear of disclosure among women reporting induced abortion, and in Nigeria, requiring permission to seek care. In both settings, structural barriers associated with lack of capacity and low quality of care in local health care structures, and transport difficulties to access adequate care also increased delays. Lastly, despite restrictive legal environments in both contexts, the KAP survey revealed that most health providers (74% in Nigeria and 67% in CAR) considered that access to safe abortion care was the right of every woman. CONCLUSION Our data suggests a higher severity of abortion-related complications, as compared to WHO data from African hospitals in more stable settings. Factors that could contribute to such high severity include greater delays in accessing post-abortion care, decreased access to contraception and safe abortion care, resulting in unsafe abortions; and food insecurity leading to iron deficiencies and chronic anaemia. The results highlight the need for better access to safe abortion care, contraception, and high-quality post-abortion care, to prevent and manage complications of abortions in fragile and conflict-affected settings. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST None declared
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Ogunjo, Samuel, Nkiruka Adesiji, and Noah Ojeyemi. "Heatwave trends in Lagos state, Nigeria." In WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 7th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics. AIP Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0176285.
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Fuwape, Ibiyinka, Francisca Okeke, Modupe Ajayi, Oyebola Popoola, Olugbenga Olayanju, Beverly Karplus Hartline, Renee K. Horton, and Catherine M. Kaicher. "Women in Physics in Nigeria: 2003–2008." In WOMEN IN PHYSICS: Third IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics. AIP, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3137746.
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Fuwape, Ibiyinka A. "Status of Women in Physics in Nigeria." In WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 2nd IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics. AIP, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2128304.
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Obafaye, Aderonke A., A. Babatunde Rabiu, Ibiyinka A. Fuwape, and Samuel T. Ogunjo. "Variability of total column ozone over Nigeria." In WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 7th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics. AIP Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0176044.
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Fuwape, Ibiyinka, Sola Fasunwon, Nkechi Obiekezie, and Rabia Said. "Women in physics in Nigeria: An update, 2008-2011." In WOMEN IN PHYSICS: 4th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics. AIP, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4794255.
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Ibn Garba, Safiya. "Tending To The Devastating Wounds Of Nigerian Girls And Women." In 8th Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference [PCRC2021]. Tomorrow People Organization, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.52987/pcrc.2021.012.
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Abstract In 2018, one thousand, one hundred people were murdered across six states of north- west Nigeria, in 2019, two thousand two hundred people and between January and June 2020, one thousand, six hundred people were killed. In addition, more than 200,000 have been internally displaced [Strife 2021]. These are what we read daily; and further alarming are that the attacks and abductions seem to be more targeted at educational institutions of all levels in recent times, particularly across north-western Nigeria. For example, the abduction of at least 20 college students and two staff from Greenfield University Kaduna in April 2021. In February 2021, gunmen seized 279 girls from a school in Zamfara state and the abduction of 200 students by some reports; from a school in Tegina, Niger state. In early July 2021, more than 100 students were also abducted from Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna. While these attacks are not restricted to girls and women alone, this report aims to explore what the effects and related trauma of this seemingly intractable violent conflict on girls and women in Nigeria are and answer how we can curb the continuous occurrences. We reflect with women activists across the country, on ways to address the violence, and support the healing and rehabilitation. The paper also outlines fifteen major recommendations in response to the key question of how to support recovery and the past everyone can play to halt the menace. KEYWORDS: Girls, Women, Violence, Nigeria, Abduction, Kidnapping, Rehabilitation, North-West Nigeria, Effects, Healing.
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Folajimi, Yetunde. "The Big Data Workshop in Africa." In International Workshop on Social Impact of AI for Africa 2022. AIJR Publisher, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.157.4.
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Recent years have seen an increase in the amount of attention paid to the lack of diversity and shortage of data in the field of artificial intelligence and its influence on developing countries, particularly in Africa. This paper examines the burgeoning interest in big data within academic and business sectors, with a specific focus on Nigeria's standing in the African Big Data Readiness Index. Despite Nigeria's stature as a major African economy, it ranks 21st on the index, suggesting a notable discrepancy in big data adoption and proficiency. The study draws inspiration from a free, week-long course covering big data, design thinking, and women in technology, at University of Ibadan, Nigeria in July 2017. The paper provides an in-depth analysis of the event's organization, emphasizing the keen interest in big data and machine learning among Nigerian researchers. Methodologies for participant recruitment and event logistics are discussed, alongside the demographic analysis of attendees, which offers insight into gender and educational disparities in the field. The paper also highlights the event's diverse activities, from hands-on data analysis to discussions on women in technology. Results from participant surveys show unanimous satisfaction and a strong inclination towards big data tools and machine learning. The paper concludes by underscoring the vital role such educational initiatives play in enhancing big data understanding in Nigeria, while also calling attention to the need for increased female participation in AI sectors.
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Desalu, Olufemi, Olutobi Ojuawo, Kikelomo Adesina, Idowun Ogunlaja, Wemimo Alaofin, Adeniyi Aladesanmi, Christopher Opeyemi, Taofeek Oloyede, Micheal Oguntoye, and Alakija Salami. "Prevalence of asthma among pregnant women in Ilorin, Nigeria." In ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts. European Respiratory Society, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.pa1148.
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NWACHUKWU, Chijioke, Olatunji FADEYI, Njoku PAUL, and Hieu VU. "Women Entrepreneurship In Nigeria Drivers, Barriers And Coping Strategies." In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control System, I3CAC 2021, 7-8 June 2021, Bharath University, Chennai, India. EAI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.7-6-2021.2308607.
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Oladapo, Oyewole, Martin Atela, and Damilola Agbalajobi. Women’s Political Participation and its Predictors in Northern and Southern Nigeria. Institute of Development Studies, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.023.
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The United Nations Development Programme states that women’s political participation is a necessary ingredient for a peaceful and resilient society, yet large gender gaps obstinately persist in many countries around the globe. With a focus on Nigeria and using an analysis of data from Nigeria’s 2015 and 2019 General Elections and Afrobarometer’s 2018 Nigeria Round 7 survey, this paper explores variations of women’s political participation across Southern and Northern Nigeria. In recent times, Northern Nigeria has experienced extensive conflict, and Southern Nigeria outperforms the north in terms of women’s education, participation in paid employment and control of earnings. Given these factors, conventional wisdom among policy actors and researchers would predict that women in Southern Nigeria should have considerably higher rates of political participation than those in Northern Nigeria. However, digging deeper into the available data on political participation, the paper suggests that factors such as education and employment do not predict the dimensions of women’s political participation or can predict the unexpected. The paper concludes that policymakers may need to look beyond these conventional factors when supporting programmes on women’s political participation in Nigeria. More research is needed into contextual factors to better understand what lies behind the varying levels of women’s political participation in Northern and Southern Nigeria.
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Para-Mallam, Funmi, Philip Hayab John, Chikas Danfulani Tsilpi, Katung John Kwasau, and Christine Samuel. Understanding Intersecting Threats and Vulnerabilities Facing Christian Women and Men in Ungwan Bawa and Saminaka, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Institute of Development Studies, February 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/creid.2023.004.
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This research aims to comprehend the interconnecting threats and vulnerabilities facing underprivileged women from marginalised religious groups in Nigeria from the angle of gender discrimination from their neighbouring communities as well as their host societies. It also extends to discrimination shown to people on the basis of their religious background as well as socioeconomic biases endured by poor women from marginalised religious groups. The research also aims to exhume and illuminate the societal experiences of women as an undermined group compared to men of the same faith, including how discrimination from the wider society affects both groups. It looks at cultural and socioeconomic vulnerability of these women and aims to learn from their experiential knowledge by listening to their stories first hand.
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Nazneen, Sohela. Women’s Leadership and Political Agency in Fragile Polities. Institute of Development Studies, June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2022.046.
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Recent evidence from Afghanistan shows that even in the most difficult contexts, women will still protest for their rights. This paper draws on evidence from the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) research programme to show how women express their political agency and activism and seek accountability in repressive contexts. A4EA research looked at cases of women-led protest in Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Pakistan, and explored women’s political participation in Nigeria and Pakistan. The research shows that despite some success in claim-making on specific issues, ‘sticky norms’ and male gatekeeping prevail and govern women’s access to public space and mediate their voice in these contexts. The paper concludes by calling on donors to go beyond blueprints in programming, and to work in agile and creative ways to support women’s rights organising.
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Howard, Joanna, Oluwafunmilayo Para-Mallam, Plangsat Bitrus Dayil, and Philip Hayab. Vulnerability and Poverty During Covid-19: Religious Minorities in Nigeria. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/creid.2021.013.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has had direct and indirect effects on religiously marginalised groups, exacerbating existing inequities and undermining ambitions for those ‘furthest behind’ to be reached and supported through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The intersection of religious identity, socioeconomic status, geographic location, gender, and age compound vulnerability to violence and its impacts. This policy briefing, written by Dr Joanna Howard, Professor Oluwafunmilayo Para-Mallam, Dr Plangsat Bitrus Dayil, and Dr Philip Hayab, draws on research into the experiences of the pandemic by religious minorities living in Kaduna and Plateau states in Nigeria and finds that the pandemic deepened pre-existing ethno-religious fault lines. Exacerbated by ongoing insecurity, it contributed to increased poverty, with women particularly affected, and worsening mental health, with people experiencing fear, frustration, and depression. There are also long-term consequences for development; for example, on children’s education.
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Alvi, Muzna Fatima, Shweta Gupta, and Prapti Barooah. Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on women and men in Kaduna and Cross River states of Nigeria. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135040.
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Oyerinde, Funmi, and Naphtali Bwalami. The Impact of Village Savings and Loan Associations on the Lives of Rural Women: Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) project, Nigeria. Oxfam, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21201/2021.7277.
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The PROACT project uses Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) to enable rural financial inclusion. The VSLA approach is targeted at combating increased poverty and improving the resilience of poor rural farming households in Kebbi and Adamawa States, Nigeria. The three case studies presented here reflect the new, transformative realities of increased income, access to loans, safe spaces for women, improved rural enterprise and the empowerment of women engaged in the VSLAs.
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Herbert, Sian. Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.29. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.020.
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This fortnightly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. Based on feedback from the recent survey, and analysis by the Xcept project, this edition, as a trial, focusses less on the challenges that C19 poses, and more on more on the policy responses to these challenges. The below summary features resources on legislative leadership during the C19 crisis; and the heightening of risks emanating from C19’s indirect impacts – including non-C19 healthcare, economy and food security, and women and girls and unrest and instability. Many of the core C19 themes continue to be covered this week, including anti-corruption approaches; and whether and how C19 is shaping conflict dynamics (this time with articles focussing on Northwestern Nigeria, Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and the Middle East). The summary uses two main sections – (1) literature: – this includes policy papers, academic articles, and long-form articles that go deeper than the typical blog; and (2) blogs & news articles. It is the result of one day of work and is thus indicative but not comprehensive of all issues or publications.
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Adelaja, Oluwatosin, and Carol J. Salusso. Designing apparel for Nigerian women: addressing visual appeal, body type and sizing. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, November 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-1731.
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OLUWASANYA, Grace, Ayodetimi OMONIYI, Duminda PERERA, Manzoor QADIR, and Kaveh MADANI. Unmasking the Unseen: The Gendered Impacts of Water Quality, Sanitation and Hygiene. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU INWEH), March 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.53328/inr24gar011.
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This report investigated the interplay between water quality, sanitation, hygiene and gender by examining distinct variables of water quality and their varying impacts on gender like reported water-related illnesses of males and females, and the consequences of water quality, sanitation, and hygiene on menstrual hygiene practices, particularly focusing on a low- and middle-income country- LMICs. This report presents the key findings, outlining a framework and guidance for examining gender-specific impacts stemming from poor water quality and WASH practices through a piloted case study in Abeokuta City, Nigeria, to serve as a preliminary guide for conducting comprehensive, site-specific assessments. The piloted Differential Impacts Assessment, DIA framework is a 5-step approach, guiding the evaluation of gendered impacts from method design to the field activities, which include water sampling and laboratory analysis, public survey, and health data collection, to the data and gender analysis. The focus on low- and middle-income countries underscores the importance of DIA in such regions for better health and socioeconomic outcomes, promoting inclusive development. The study results reveal unsettling, largely unseen gender disparities in exposure to health-related risks associated with non-utility water sources and highlight pronounced differences in water source preferences and utilization, the burden of water sourcing and collection, and health- and hygiene-related practices. Specifically, this preliminary assessment indicates an alarming inadequacy in accessing WASH services within the pilot study area, raising considerable doubts about achieving SDG 6 by 2030. While this finding is worrying, this report also discusses the lack of a standardized protocol for monitoring water-related impacts utilizing sex-disaggregated data, shedding light on the unseen global-scale gendered impacts. The report warns about the water safety of non-utility water sources. Without point-of-use treatment and water safety protocols, the water sources are unsuitable for potable uses, potentially posing compounded health risks associated with microbial contaminations and high calcium content, particularly affecting boys. Girls are likely the most affected by the repercussions of water collection, including time constraints, health implications, and safety concerns. Men and boys face a higher risk related to poor hygiene, while women may be more susceptible to health effects stemming from toilet cleaning responsibilities and shared sanitation facilities. Despite the preference for disposable sanitary pads among most women and girls, women maintain better menstrual hygiene practices than girls. This age-specific disparity highlights potential substantial health risks for girls in the near and distant future. Enhancing women's economic status could improve access to superior healthcare services and significantly elevate household well-being. The report calls for targeted actions, including urgent planning and implementation of robust water safety protocols for non-utility self-supply systems and mainstreaming gender concerns and needs as the “6th” accelerator for SDG 6. The piloted methodology is scalable and serves as an introductory guide that can be further refined to explore and track site-specific differential health and socioeconomic effects of inadequate water quality, especially in locales similar to the study area. The report targets policymakers and donor organizations advocating for sustainable water resource development, public health, human rights, and those promoting gender equality globally
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Zharare, Sydney, and Nestor Mashingaidze. Impact of COVID-19 on agribusinesses for investors. Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/20240191154.
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Evidence from this assessment indicates that, without deliberate support from impact investors, banks and development finance institutions (DFIs), large numbers of agricultural small and medium enterprises (agri-SMEs) will not be able to continue operations following the lockdowns imposed in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant negative effects on the operations of agri-SMEs. It has made capital less available, as impact investors and financial institutions take a more cautious approach to extending credit and making investment decisions. Supply chains have been disrupted, resulting in delayed access to inputs (such as seed and fertiliser for smallholder farmers) and in fewer or no deliveries for agri-SMEs. The closure of restaurants and schools has decreased consumer demand. Some agri-SMEs have experienced labour shortages due to restrictions in the movement of people, although some have benefited from family labour as people moved back to their rural homes. The disruptions have created uncertainty for impact investors and financial institutions, which have been compounded by their inability to conduct in-person due diligence assessments for new investments. This evidence report seeks to assess the impact of COVID-19 on agri-SME operations by analysing emerging global evidence and insights from six countries. These are Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA)'s three focus countries (Malawi, Nepal and Uganda), as well as Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria, which (along with Malawi) formed part of a rapid market assessment (RMA) between April and May 2020. This was carried out by Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA), a research programme funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). APRA seeks to understand which pathways to agricultural commercialisation are the most effective at empowering women, reducing rural poverty and improving food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report uses a market system lens to analyse impacts and craft recommendations for intervention, as agri-SMEs are linked to other value chain actors - such as farmers, impact investors and regulatory authorities - that govern the functioning of the system. The report focuses on the effects of COVID-19 on impact investment and especially on agribusiness impact investors, given their key role in supporting the growth of these enterprises. While the profit motive is paramount for impact investors, the current consolidation and recovery phase calls for investors to take a longer view on returns: they should shore up their investees and build a robust pipeline for after the recovery. A business-as-usual approach to activities such as due diligence will not work given current travel restrictions. Digital and drone technologies, however, offer alternatives and could be ramped up to close the face-to-face gap created by the pandemic.