Exploring the Gender Gap in the Context of the Nigerian Peace Process for Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Hassan Attahiru Gwandu ()
Additional contact information
Hassan Attahiru Gwandu: Federal University

A chapter in Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa, 2022, pp 183-198 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract There is growing recognition of the untapped capacity and talent of women in respect of their leadership potential. Over the years, the extent of female representation within national parliaments globally has progressively expanded from 15% in 2002 to 19.8% in 2012. Some regions have experienced dramatic increases in representation; these include sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab States, with 13.7–19.8% and 6.1–14.7% increases, respectively. These figures are still well below the 30% benchmark recognized as being the minimum level of representation necessary to begin to redress this gender gap and tackle the marginalization of women in global politics. This paper focuses on gender (in)equality in decision-making and leadership. It aims to provide an understanding of the root causes of such inequality in Nigeria and the main barriers to women’s leadership and to suggest possible strategies by which to overcome gender (in)equality and to increase women’s participation in decision-making at all levels.

Keywords: Development; Inequality; Gender; Leadership; Nigeria; Security; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-030-92474-4_16

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783030924744

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92474-4_16

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().