WOMEN AND POLITICAL MARGINALIZATION IN NIGERIA
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2019
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Cenresin Publications
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Abstract; The word marginalization is a social process of becoming or
being relegated to the fringe of society. Marginalization at the
individual level results in an individual’s exclusion from meaningful
participation in society. An example of marginalization at the
community level is the marginalization of women. Women are
excluded from the labour force and their work in the home is not
economically valued and compensated. Feminists’ theorists argued
that women should equally participate in the labour force, both in
the public and private sectors. Today, it is argued that women are still
marginalized from executive positions and continue to earn less than
men at upper management cadres. In this study, the concept of
marginalization and women political participation is critically
examined. It also examines the steps and procedures being followed in
order to encourage women to participate in politics during the last
democratic dispensation of the Jonathan administration; for example,
the Women for Change Initiative and the Women Empowerment
Programme. The study examines the problems faced by women
during elections in Nigeria due to violence; harassment and electoral
malpractices and the level of performance of various women elected
into various offices.
Keywords: Marginalization, Women participation, Political participate
n, Political administration
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Marginalization, Women participation, Political participate n, Political administration