Gender and power relations in Nigeria / edited by Ronke Iyabowale Ako-Nai.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ako-Nai, Ronke Iyabowale.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Nigeria--Social conditions.

Women.

Women's rights--Nigeria.

Women's rights.

Sexism.

Feminism.

Sex role.

Women--Political activity.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Social conditions.

Nigeria.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Nigeria.

Women--Political activity--Nigeria.

Sex role--Nigeria.

Feminism--Nigeria.

Sexism--Nigeria.

Physical Description:

xv, 350 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2013.

Contents:

1. Western feminist theories: how applicable to Africa? / R.I. Ako-Nai

2. An overview of the rights of Nigerian women under the laws / Oluwafeyisayo Semiu Kuteyi

3. Women's rights, violence and gender discrimination: the Nigerian circumstances / A.A. Idowu

4. 1999 Constitution and gender analysis of elective and appointive positions in Nigeria / Michael Abiodun Oni and Rachael Oluseye Iyanda

5. An appraisal of the protection of women's rights under Nigerian laws / Mercy Onaodowan Erhun

6. Critical appraisal of domestic violence in Nigeria / Adesina Coker

7. An overview of legal and implementation framework of Nigeria's national gender policy / Benson Kunle Sehinde

8. Masculinity in gender relations: the Nigerian experience and contribution to sustainable development / Adu Funmilayo Modupe

9. Influence of age, marital status and environment on sexism in Nigeria / Ogunleye J. Adedeji and Sulaiman O. Adebayo

10. Sex, sex-role orientation, personality and sexism in Nigeria / Ogunleye J. Adedeji

11. Gender and peacebuilding in Nigeria's Niger Delta region / Stephen A. Faleti

12. Women in Yoruba indigenous politics in Nigeria / I.O. Aransi

13. Democracy and gender participation in Nigeria: a case for gender mainstreaming in politics / I.D. David

14. Gender equality for a better quality of life for all / A.O. Ologunde

15. The place of women in Nigerian public service: a sublime feminist analysis / Anthony M. Oladoyin

16. African women and the changing notion of security / Funso Adesola

17. "Unknown soldier": women's radicalism and activism and state violence in twentieth-century Nigeria / Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome

18. Women, grass roots movements and democratization in Nigeria / Iwebunor Okwechime and Akin Iwilade

19. Gender and the Niger Delta crises: the challenge of local feminisms / Mashood Omotosho

20. Gender, environment and human rights violations in Nigeria's Niger Delta region / Iwebunor Okwechime and Akin Iwilade.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-343) and index.

ISBN:

9780739177785

0739177788

9780739177792

0739177796

OCLC:

809411789