Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria

Ronke Iyabowale Ako-Nai is Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

[E]ssays are well-researched with carefully organized ideas that lead the reader to a more profound understanding of a problem and/or situation. . . .[E]ach chapter has a list of references, the book also includes a rather rich bibliography at the end, which may be useful to further illuminate the situation of Nigerian women, and an index that closes the volume. In addition to highlighting problems, the book suggests measures for their solution and gives recommendations on improving the situation of women in Nigeria, while providing data on legislation and on the civil service which can certainly be useful in trying to understand the conditions of life for women in Nigeria.

• INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: WESTERN FEMINIST THEORIES: HOW APPLICABLE TO AFRICAR.I. Ako-NaiSECTION A: WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER THE LAWChapter 2: AN OVERVIEW OF THE RIGHTS OF NIGERIAN WOMEN UNDER THE LAWSOluwafeyisayo Semiu KuteyiChapter 3: WOMEN’S RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: THE NIGERIAN CIRCUMSTANCESA.A. Idowu (PhD)Chapter 4: 1999 CONSTITUTION AND GENDER ANALYSIS OF ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE POSITIONS IN NIGERIAMichael Abiodun Oni and Rachael Oluseye IyandaChapter 5: AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS UNDER NIGERIAN LAWSMercy Onaodowan ErhunChapter 6: CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NIGERIAAdesina Coker, LL.M, MBAChapter 7: AN OVERVIEW OF LEGAL AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK OF NIGERIAN’S NATIONAL GENDER POLICYBenson Kunle SehindeSECTION B: SEXISM AND WOMEN MARGINALIZATIONChapter 8: MASCULINITY IN GENDER RELATIONS:THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTAdu Funmilayo ModupeChapter 9: INFLUENCE OF AGE, MARITAL STATUS AND ENVIRONMENT ON SEXISM IN NIGERIAOgunleye J. Adedeji and Sulaiman O. Adebayo Chapter 10: SEX, SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION, PERSONALITY AND SEXISM IN NIGERIAOgunleye J. Adedeji SECTION C: POLICY AND GENDER PARTICIPATIONChapter 11:GENDER AND PEACEBUILDING IN NIGERIA’S NIGER DELTA REGIONStephen A. Faleti Chapter 12: WOMEN IN YORUBA INDIGENOUS POLITICS IN NIGERIAI.O. AransiChapter 13: DEMOCRACY AND GENDER PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIA: A CASEFOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN POLITICSI.D. DavidChapter 14: GENDER EQUALITY FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALLOlogunde, A. O. Chapter 15: THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A SUBLIME FEMINIST ANALYSISAnthony M. OladoyinChapter 16: AFRICAN WOMEN AND THE CHANGING NOTION OF SECURITYFunso AdesolaSECTION D: FEMINISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTChapter 17: “UNKNOWN SOLDIER”: WOMEN’S RADICALISM AND ACTIVISM AND STATE VIOLENCE IN 20TH CENTURY NIGERIAMojúbàolú Olúfúnké OkomeChapter 18: WOMEN, GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENTS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIAIwebunor Okwechime and Akin IwiladeChapter 19: GENDER AND THE NIGER DELTA CRISES: THE CHALLENGE OF LOCAL FEMINISMSMashood OmotoshoChapter 20: GENDER, ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NIGERIA’S NIGER DELTA REGIONIwebunor Okwechime and Akin Iwilade