Author: Amadu Sesay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Nigerian Women in Society and Development
Author: Amadu Sesay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN NIGERIA
Author: Adeola Babatunde
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326013823
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Nigerian women are undeniably Nigerians. The status bestow on them, rights and privileges enjoyed by other Nigerians. More so, statistics reveals that they constitute 69,086,302 of Nigeria's 140,431,790 population. This book examines the enforcement of women's rights as human rights in Nigeria. In doing this, it considers customs, constitution, laws, policies, courts' decisions as the court is the last hope of the common man and the place of obligations-imposing international and regional treaties ratified by Nigeria. Also it examines the difficulty of proper balancing of ideals like repressive customs versus societal standards, judicial activism versus Separation of Powers, inadequacy of laws versus non exhaustiveness of laws, international versus local laws supremacy.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326013823
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Nigerian women are undeniably Nigerians. The status bestow on them, rights and privileges enjoyed by other Nigerians. More so, statistics reveals that they constitute 69,086,302 of Nigeria's 140,431,790 population. This book examines the enforcement of women's rights as human rights in Nigeria. In doing this, it considers customs, constitution, laws, policies, courts' decisions as the court is the last hope of the common man and the place of obligations-imposing international and regional treaties ratified by Nigeria. Also it examines the difficulty of proper balancing of ideals like repressive customs versus societal standards, judicial activism versus Separation of Powers, inadequacy of laws versus non exhaustiveness of laws, international versus local laws supremacy.
The State and Women in Nigeria
Author: Dennis Ityavyar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
For Women and the Nation
Author: Cheryl Johnson-Odim
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252066139
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian feminist who fought for suffrage and equal rights for her countrywomen long before the second wave of the women's movement in the United States. She also joined the struggle for Nigerian independence as an activist in the anticolonial movement.For Women and the Nation is the story of this courageous woman, one of a handful of full-length biographies of African women activists. It will be welcomed by students of women's studies, African history, and biography, as well as by opponents of the Nigerian military regime that has held one of her sons, Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, in solitary confinement since August 1995.CHERYL JOHNSON-ODIM, chair and associate professor of history at Loyola University in Chicago, is coeditor of Expanding the Boundaries of Women's History. NINA EMMA MBA, senior lecturer in history at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, is the author of Nigerian Women Mobilized and Ayo Rosijc.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252066139
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian feminist who fought for suffrage and equal rights for her countrywomen long before the second wave of the women's movement in the United States. She also joined the struggle for Nigerian independence as an activist in the anticolonial movement.For Women and the Nation is the story of this courageous woman, one of a handful of full-length biographies of African women activists. It will be welcomed by students of women's studies, African history, and biography, as well as by opponents of the Nigerian military regime that has held one of her sons, Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, in solitary confinement since August 1995.CHERYL JOHNSON-ODIM, chair and associate professor of history at Loyola University in Chicago, is coeditor of Expanding the Boundaries of Women's History. NINA EMMA MBA, senior lecturer in history at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, is the author of Nigerian Women Mobilized and Ayo Rosijc.
Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria
Author: Ronke Iyabowale Ako-Nai
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0739177788
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Globally, women are oppressed and this book introduces the perspective of African women and especially that of Nigerian women. This book looks at the major themes that drive the women's empowerment programs in Nigeria. Feminists in Nigeria are shaped by the institutions, values, ideologies, and since the 1970s, the UN and its agencies have added an international dimension. The chapters, while taking us through a theoretical overview of Nigerian women's empowerment, also shows how institutions, values, religion, and culture can challenge feminist political philosophy-- a philosophy that tends to universalize women's problems and their solutions.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0739177788
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Globally, women are oppressed and this book introduces the perspective of African women and especially that of Nigerian women. This book looks at the major themes that drive the women's empowerment programs in Nigeria. Feminists in Nigeria are shaped by the institutions, values, ideologies, and since the 1970s, the UN and its agencies have added an international dimension. The chapters, while taking us through a theoretical overview of Nigerian women's empowerment, also shows how institutions, values, religion, and culture can challenge feminist political philosophy-- a philosophy that tends to universalize women's problems and their solutions.
Women in Nigerian Economy
Author: Martin Ohaeri Ijere
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Nigerian Women Mobilized
Author: Nina Emma Mba
Publisher: Institute of International Studies University of California
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: Institute of International Studies University of California
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Female King of Colonial Nigeria
Author: Nwando Achebe
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253222486
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253222486
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.
Nigerian Women in Social Change
Author: Simi Afonja
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Dear Naija Girl
Author: Cynthia Tasha Osajibenedict
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Dear Naija Girl, is a blend of stories, and experiences, highlighting the ordeals of women and what it means to be female in Nigeria. It opens up its readers to what women go through in this part of the world to be successful and also be heard or given a voice in their individual spheres. Asides from sharing true life stories of several women, it also highlights the struggles of women in Nigeria go through even when they appear successful, how they have to constantly defend their success in the judging and preying eyes of the society they come from. Amidst all, it offers a way forward.Enjoy the read.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Dear Naija Girl, is a blend of stories, and experiences, highlighting the ordeals of women and what it means to be female in Nigeria. It opens up its readers to what women go through in this part of the world to be successful and also be heard or given a voice in their individual spheres. Asides from sharing true life stories of several women, it also highlights the struggles of women in Nigeria go through even when they appear successful, how they have to constantly defend their success in the judging and preying eyes of the society they come from. Amidst all, it offers a way forward.Enjoy the read.