Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and Democracy
Nigeria’s democracy exhibits gender-based inequalities that suppress women’s voices and disproportionately under-represent them in political leadership. Using feminist political philosophy as its theoretical framework, and mixed methods to gather data, this study interrogated Nigerian feminism, fem...
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Nigeria’s democracy exhibits gender-based inequalities that suppress women’s voices and disproportionately under-represent them in
political leadership. Using feminist political philosophy as its theoretical framework, and mixed methods to gather data, this study interrogated Nigerian feminism, feminist politics, and democracy through the lens of 100 working-class women. Findings reveal the existential struggles of participants whose material deprivation and political powerlessness have increased apathy towards gender politics, elections, and political institutions. Wedged between modernity and patriarchy, they reject Western notions of sexual liberalism and conceptualize democracy as necessary but incapable of ensuring economic progress – the end for which it exists. The arguments in the present article matter because they contribute to feminist/political scholarship in Nigeria.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d99e212890cc4a41a8fcd18f7da61e822025-02-11T19:54:20ZengUniversity of Hradec KrálovéModern Africa2336-32742570-75582025-02-0112210.26806/modafr.v12i2.251Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and DemocracyVictor Jatula0Olusegun Adesanya1Brunel University, LondonAfe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Nigeria Nigeria’s democracy exhibits gender-based inequalities that suppress women’s voices and disproportionately under-represent them in political leadership. Using feminist political philosophy as its theoretical framework, and mixed methods to gather data, this study interrogated Nigerian feminism, feminist politics, and democracy through the lens of 100 working-class women. Findings reveal the existential struggles of participants whose material deprivation and political powerlessness have increased apathy towards gender politics, elections, and political institutions. Wedged between modernity and patriarchy, they reject Western notions of sexual liberalism and conceptualize democracy as necessary but incapable of ensuring economic progress – the end for which it exists. The arguments in the present article matter because they contribute to feminist/political scholarship in Nigeria. https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/251feminismNigerian womengender inequalityunder-representation of womenAfrican feminism |
| spellingShingle | Victor Jatula Olusegun Adesanya Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and Democracy Modern Africa feminism Nigerian women gender inequality under-representation of women African feminism |
| title | Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and Democracy |
| title_full | Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and Democracy |
| title_fullStr | Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and Democracy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and Democracy |
| title_short | Gender Politics in Nigeria: A Socio-Political Analysis of Women’s Perspectives on Feminism, Feminist Politics, and Democracy |
| title_sort | gender politics in nigeria a socio political analysis of women s perspectives on feminism feminist politics and democracy |
| topic | feminism Nigerian women gender inequality under-representation of women African feminism |
| url | https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/251 |
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