Fayemi laments gender discrimination in elections vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi has lamented that Nigerian women still struggle for full recognition of their rights and personhood in spite of the 1999 Constitution which prohibits discrimination on the ground of gender and the rights of women to participate in elections as voters and candidates.
“Researchers have shown that in the organisation of various traditional governments in the pre-colonial era, women held powerful positions and thus had a voice in the decision-making processes. Speaking on the issues affecting women’s access to political spaces and representation in the country, Fayemi said that the percentage of women elected to the National Assembly was “approximately 5 per cent which is very low.
Fayemi noted that “in the absence of a level playing field, female candidates will always come up short and the electoral tally in Nigeria will always be skewed in favour of men.” “The latest numbers of these incidents reportedly take place during political campaigns or rallies while others occur at political party events.
On issues militating against women’s access to political leadership and decision-making, the wife of the governor classified five broad categories.
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