Gender Equality in Nigeria - Three Reasons Why Women Aren't Represented in Politics TC_Africa: Nigeria
with David Enweremadu highlighted the lack of women's representation in parliament, as well as among security personnel, party agents, media, observers and voters during electoral processes.also contributes to the exclusion of women. The rejected gender and equal opportunity bill would have resolved this.. Secondly, women are disproportionately excluded from policy making domains because more live in poverty than men. Thirdly, there is more moral scrutiny of women than men.
Yet most lack voter education. Voter education must take on gendered contexts. It must be conducted by bodies such as the Independent National Electoral Commission as well as civil society.This hampers gender equality in political representation because poverty denies women the financial and human resources required for leadership positions. The Independent National Electoral Commission's
, which provides specific measures to deal with women's marginalisation in politics, should be revisited to ensure it's implemented to the letter.Another tactic used to keep women out of politics is what I have termed"feminised corruption". In a recentI showed how the level of corruption was perceived differently when women were involved compared to men.
The study observed that ethnicity, age, class and educational background are not necessarily contributory to how corruption is feminised in Nigeria. But being a woman in the political space is. This seems like a deliberate effort to weaponise corruption against women in politics and leadership.
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