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A cross-sectoral overview of social and political development policies and practices and their gender outcomes in Nigeria, this volume describes the status of women and men under the colonial and post-colonial policy regimes, unearthing the gender relations and gender (in)equality outcomes.
List of contents
Chapter One: Gender Inequality in Socio-Political Development of the Nigerian Nation-State: An Empirical Glimpse
Bola Akanji and Funmi Soetan
Chapter Two: Gender and State Formation: A Comparative Study of Latin America and Africa
Bola Akanji, Tope Osanyintuyi, Michael Akanji and Christian Ubani
Chapter Three: Gender-Based Power Differentials and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Nigeria
Funmi Soetan and Bola Lukman Solanke
Chapter Four: Re-Thinking Gender Roles towards Promotion of Socio-Economic Advancement: Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria
Helen Aderemi
Chapter Five: Analysis of Gender-inclusiveness of Education Policies and Practices in Nigeria: Colonialism as Cause and Effect
Bola Akanji and Kolade Odekunle
Chapter Six: Environmental Change, Gender and Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Yinka Adesina and Theophilus Odekunle
Chapter Seven: Gender, Youth and Agricultural Development: Reflecting on the Centenarian Status of the Nigerian State
Dixon Torimiro
Chapter Eight: Gender, Citizenship and Democratic Governance in Nigeria
Funmi Para-Malam
Chapter Nine: Do we Understand the Value of Women in Political Leadership in Nigeria's History?
Irene Pogoson
Chapter Ten: Gender, Culture and Development Debates in Nigeria.
Funmi Soetan, I.O. Olomola, Modupe Kolawole
Chapter Eleven: Women's Activism for Gender Equality and Social Justice in Nigeria (1900-2015)
Kehinde Olayode
Chapter Twelve: Resisting Structural Violence: Continuity and Change in Women's Street Protests in Nigeria
Isaac Olawale Albert
About the author
Edited by Funmi Soetan and Bola Akanji - Contributions by Helen O. Aderemi; Yinka Adesina; Bola Akanji; Michael Akanji; Mary S. Modupe Kolawole; Kolade Odekunle; Isaac Olawale Albert; Kehinde Olayode; I.O. Olomola; Kehinda Oluponna; Tope Osanyintuyi; Funm
