Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in Nigeria
Since return to Nigeria to civilian administration in 1999, women have been making efforts to access political leadership space with little progress. With international and national instruments to ensure more women gain inroad into politics, there is a dismal record in this aspect. Anchoring the pa...
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| author | Adeola Aderayo Adebajo Owolola Oluwakemi Yusirat Adebajo Olatomiwa Abraham Adebajo Adesola Seun |
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| description | Since return to Nigeria to civilian administration in 1999, women have been making efforts to access political leadership space with little progress. With international and national instruments to ensure more women gain inroad into politics, there is a dismal record in this aspect. Anchoring the paper on theory of political participation, the paper explored the possibility of gender depoliticisation through the involvement of young women in politics. Desk research method which utilised secondary sources of data collection was employed. The paper argued that in spite of the fact that young women are involved in activism,they are grossly underrepresented in political leadership. Culture, political acrimony, stigmatisation, religion, lack of finance, political violence, etc., constitute barriers to young women representation in politics. The paper contended that there is always political inequality between women and men, particularly among the youngest generations. The paper concluded that young women are at risk of not being included and favourably considered in the decision making process, as non-participation in politics poses a threat to their gender's dignified existence in the body polity. It recommended that socio-economic barriers including culture, religion, patriarchal belief, political acrimony, insecurity, etc., should be addressed. Empowerment should start from the family to re-orientate on the social barriers affecting young women participation in leadership positions. Girl-child education needs prioritisation to develop potentials, particularly contribution in decision making process at all levels of governance, among others. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-870c0500b46349fc8a33cad368caa2f82025-02-03T07:37:55ZengUniversitas Muhammadiyah YogyakartaJurnal Studi Pemerintahan1907-83742337-82202024-07-0120822910.18196/jsp.v15i2.373374Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in NigeriaAdeola Aderayo Adebajo0Owolola Oluwakemi Yusirat1Adebajo Olatomiwa Abraham2Adebajo Adesola Seun3Tai Solarin University of EducationTai Solarin University of EducationOgun State Ministry of Justice Ogun State JudiciarySince return to Nigeria to civilian administration in 1999, women have been making efforts to access political leadership space with little progress. With international and national instruments to ensure more women gain inroad into politics, there is a dismal record in this aspect. Anchoring the paper on theory of political participation, the paper explored the possibility of gender depoliticisation through the involvement of young women in politics. Desk research method which utilised secondary sources of data collection was employed. The paper argued that in spite of the fact that young women are involved in activism,they are grossly underrepresented in political leadership. Culture, political acrimony, stigmatisation, religion, lack of finance, political violence, etc., constitute barriers to young women representation in politics. The paper contended that there is always political inequality between women and men, particularly among the youngest generations. The paper concluded that young women are at risk of not being included and favourably considered in the decision making process, as non-participation in politics poses a threat to their gender's dignified existence in the body polity. It recommended that socio-economic barriers including culture, religion, patriarchal belief, political acrimony, insecurity, etc., should be addressed. Empowerment should start from the family to re-orientate on the social barriers affecting young women participation in leadership positions. Girl-child education needs prioritisation to develop potentials, particularly contribution in decision making process at all levels of governance, among others.https://jsp.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/373depoliticization, politics, political participation, women, young women. |
| spellingShingle | Adeola Aderayo Adebajo Owolola Oluwakemi Yusirat Adebajo Olatomiwa Abraham Adebajo Adesola Seun Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in Nigeria Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan depoliticization, politics, political participation, women, young women. |
| title | Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in Nigeria |
| title_full | Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in Nigeria |
| title_short | Young Women’s Political Participation and Gender Depoliticization in Nigeria |
| title_sort | young women s political participation and gender depoliticization in nigeria |
| topic | depoliticization, politics, political participation, women, young women. |
| url | https://jsp.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/373 |
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