Gender inequality in Nigeria
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Article I of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) provides: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. “ Article 2 of the UNDHR also re-emphasizes the equality of human persons as follows: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.[6]
Feminism in Nigeria
One of Nigeria's well-known newspapers referred to her as "a progressive revolutionary" and "a Pan-African visionary."[10] After the death of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti other feminists like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi and others Category:Nigerian feminists emerged.
Historically, feminist movements have tried to push agendas leading to more gender equality in Nigeria. Among the most known are Federation of Nigerian Women's Societies (FNWS), Women in Nigeria (WIN), Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Female in Nigeria (FIN) and Feminist Coalition (a recent movement) Feminist Coalition. Still, most of them have failed to bring about significant political, social or economic growth.[11] However, new feminist movements and gender awareness are forming in Nigeria.[12] Online, women are using mobile phones for social capital building and empowerment as well as to access information and form relationships with communities they would not normally engage with.[13]
Feminist movement in Nigeria
After the
It is usually divided into three waves: the first wave, which dealt with voting rights and property rights; the second wave, which concentrated on equality and anti-discrimination; and the third wave, which began in the 1990s as a reaction to the second wave's alleged preference for white, straight women. Yoruba feminist scholar Oyeronke Oyewumi proposes that the transnational transfer of western concepts of gender, and subsequent gender roles, often does "little more than reproduce the patriarchal norms to which feminism developed out of opposition."[15]
Examples of contemporary feminist movements in Nigeria.
Aside from the
See also
- Women in Nigeria
- Female empowerment in Nigeria
- Girl Child Labour in Nigeria
- Female genital mutilation in Nigeria
- Prostitution in Nigeria
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- ^ Dabiri, Emma. "Re-Imagining Gender in Nigeria". Norient. Norient. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Feminism in Nigeria – By and for who?". Zeitschrift Luxemburg (in German). 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2023-03-10.