GENDER EQUALITY IN GOVERNANCE: IMPERATIVES FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
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Abstract
This paper examines the critical role of gender equality in governance as a pathwayto sustainable democracy and development in Nigeria. There is still, in perpetuation, gender biasin governance. This is largely due to the existing socio-cultural structure and practices thatperpetuate anti-democratic ideals and hinder development in our contemporary world.Undoubtedly, these practices, which are self-injurious and retrogressive, terribly place women ina questionable incapacitation that makes them unable to harness their latent endowment for theirbenefit and the society at large. This has made it imperative to advocate for a departure from thisarchaic, primordial, and non-progressive practice of not allowing them to offer what they have incomplementarity. Consequently, the paper focused on the plight of women in governance/politicalleadership; participation of women in governance/political leadership; patriarchy and other factorsmilitating against women