The marginalisation of women in politics is another form of gender inequality. There is low inclusion of women in top public offices. Yet, some states in the country have yet to give full rights to women to own property.
It is a statement of fact that females around the world witness infringement of rights on a daily basis. Discrimination, violence and harassment of weaker sex have contributed a tad to the dimension of public discourse globally.
Gender equality is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation, and decision-making; the state of valuing different behaviours, aspirations needs equally, regardless of gender. A recent study reveals that Nigeria has the largest number of child brides in Africa with more than 23 million girls and women married as children. Most of them are from poor and rural communities. While data suggests a decline of nine per cent in the prevalence of child marriage since 2003, and a projected further decrease of six per cent by 2030, Nigeria’s rapid population growth means that the number of child brides will in fact increase by more than one million by 2030 and double by 2050.
More so, the girl-child is given less education than her male counterpart. The auxiliary/local health system is predominated by women with little or no professional medical training. This is because of the notion that too much of education denies a woman a matrimonial home.
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