Stakeholders have advocated the implementation of gender-inclusive policy-making to address the challenges facing women in the country.
Executive director of Baobab for Women Human Rights, Bunmi Dipo-Salami, said the violence against women in politics is rarely reported.
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, a Civil Society Organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of women and girls, has said that about 96 per cent of women, who ran for various positions in the 2023 General Elections, were defeated by their male opponents.
Udora Orizu chronicles the noteworthy strides being made by the 10th House of Representatives towards improving women’s political representation and end gender based violence in the country.
The United Nations Women (UN Women) has called for an increase in women’s political participation in Nigeria.
For a country with a significant female population, Nigeria has been poor in ensuring gender parity in elected and appointed leadership positions.
For a country with a significant female population, Nigeria has been poor in ensuring gender parity in elected and appointed leadership positions.
The League of Women Voters of Nigeria (NILOWV), has expressed concerned over low participation of women in politics and called for urgent measures to reverse the situation.
The Director General of the Nigeria Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof.
ElectHER, a civil society organisation (CSO), says without women in politics, Nigeria is limiting the extent to which it can develop.