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Gender parity in Nigerian politics: progress in appointive positions, but still a long way to go in elective positions

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August 2, 2023

Gender parity in Nigerian politics: progress in appointive positions, but still a long way to go in elective positions

Source: Opinion Nigeria


It is no more news that the presidential and general elections conducted earlier in the year have gone with the characteristic display of patriarchal and domineering dispositions usually exhibited by misogynistic politicians toward their female colleagues so much that their collective retrogressive actions impede the elective opportunities of women politicians who ought to be brought together from across the divided political spectrum to ensure increased female representation.

Click here to read the full article published by Opinion Nigeria on 1 August 2023.

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Isaac Asabor

It is no more news that the presidential and general elections conducted earlier in the year have gone with the characteristic display of patriarchal and domineering dispositions usually exhibited by misogynistic politicians toward their female colleagues so much that their collective retrogressive actions impede the elective opportunities of women politicians who ought to be brought together from across the divided political spectrum to ensure increased female representation.

Click here to read the full article published by Opinion Nigeria on 1 August 2023.

Region
Author
Isaac Asabor

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