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The Roles Of Women In Politics As Well As The Prospects And Constraints Of Their Participation In Politics
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1.3 AIM AND OBJECTIVES
The aim of this research is to examine
the roles of women in Kaduna State politics as well as the prospects
and constraints of their participation in politics.
Objective
a) To provide an illustrative picture of Kaduna State women in politics during the period of our study 1999 – May, 2015.
b) To give an insight into the achievements and challenges women encountered in politics.
c) To discuss the impacts of the participation of Kaduna State Women in politics.
d) To present how the society view women’s participation in politics
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE AND JUSTIFICATIONS OF THE STUDY
It
has been observed that since before the creation of what came to be
known as Nigeria today and with the attainment of independence; women
were completely abandoned and lagged behind in the affairs of governance
in all levels. Most gender studies tend to concentrate on men and their
contributions thereby relegating women to the background. Women roles
are subordinated which that of men is recognized. This research is
significant because it will bring to light information obscured from
public knowledge about women and politics in Kaduna State. It will also
show how women played their roles effectively to support the state and
the nation at large.
1.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
is a research into the level of women participation in Kaduna State
politics between the period 1999 – May, 2015. One of the reasons for
dating this work 1999 – May, 2015, it coincided with the Fourth Republic
which marked a turning point in women political participation. The
period witnessed an increase in women’s participation in active
politics. The limitations could be associated with time, resources
(finance), the research was carried out at the same time attending my
lectures. Also there are few materials (literatures) that were written
on the topic under consideration. In addition, difficulties in
conducting interviews as some informants were not ready or not willing
to grant an interview.
1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This
study involves the use of primary and secondary sources. Primary sources
are first hand information of the event under study, it could be a
document that contains information obtained from experience or
observation but not taken from other books, document or journals where
the writers’ has taken from other sources. Other written sources that
were consulted include: Biographies, Government and Administrative
Records, Journals, Textbooks and Memos. In addition, oral interviews.
All these sources were subjected to rigorous analysis, scrutiny and
evaluation in order to establish their authority/authenticity and
usefulness in the study.
1.7 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Feminism as a concept offers an appropriate framework for this study on
women participation in politics in Nigeria and Kaduna State in
particular. Feminist believes that women have equal political, social,
intellectual and economic rights as men. It is a concept that started in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe.3 Feminist aspiration
have been expressed in societies dating back to ancient China, they
under pinned by a developed political theory until the publication of
Mary Wollostone Craft’s (the mother of Feminism) titled “A Vindication
of the Rights of Women 1972’’.4 Indeed it was not until the emergence of
the Women’s suffrage movement in the 1840s and 1850s that feminist
ideas reached a wider audience, in form of so-called first wave
feminism.5 The achievement of female suffrage in most western countries
in the early twentieth century deprived the women’s movement of its
central goal and organizing principle. Second wave feminism, however,
emerged in 1960s. This expressed the more radical and sometimes
revolutionary demands of the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM).6
Feminist scholars maintain that the definition of what is relevant to
the study of international relations as presented in textbooks and other
scholarship written by men, is a product of the male point of view and
ignores or misrepresents the role of women, their concern and their
perspective.7 Feminist theories and doctrines are diverse, but their
unifying feature is a common desire to enhance, through whatever means,
the social role of women.8
In a nutshell, feminism is an
ideology committed to promoting the social role of women and in most
cases dedicated to the goal of gender equality. The underlying themes of
feminism are therefore, first, that society is characterized by sexual
or gender inequality and second, that this structure of male power can
and should be identified.9 There are various feminists e.g,
liberal feminists, social feminists, and radical feminists.
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