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Crime And Violence As A Barrier To Gender Equality In Nigeria
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The Nigerian society sets the
parameters for women’s structurally unequal position in families and
markets by condoning gender-differential terms in inheritance rights and
legal adulthood, by tacitly condoning domestic and sexual violence and
sanctioning differential wages for equal or comparable work. Tradition
or culture and religion have dictated men and women relationship for
centuries and entrenched male domination into the structure of social
organization and institution at all levels of leadership. Patriarchy
justifies the marginalization of women in education, economy, labour
market, politics, business, family, domestic matters and
inheritance(Salaam,2003). It is against this backdrop that the
researcher intends to investigate the effect of crime and violence as a
barrier to gender equality in Nigeria
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The
main objective of this study is on crime and violence as a barrier to
gender equality in Nigeria, to aid the completion of the study, the
following specific objectives were put forward;
i) To investigate the effect of sexual violence on gender equality in Nigeria
ii) To ascertain the effect of gender equality on female participation in governance
iii) To investigate the role of government in ensuring gender equality
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iv) To investigate the effect of gender equality on national development.
1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
To aid the completion of the study, the following research hypotheses were formulated by the researcher
H0:sexual violence has no effect on gender equality in Nigeria
H1:sexual violence has effect on gender equality in Nigeria
H02:the government does not play any role in ensuring gender equality in Nigeria
H2: the government does play any role in ensuring gender equality in Nigeria
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It
is believed that at the completion of the study the findings will be
great importance to the state and federal government in policy formation
as the study may guide them in inculcating the challenges encountered
by previous administration in tackling the issue of gender inequality,
the study will also be of importance to the ministry of women affairs,
as the study seek to enlighten the women on their role in community
development, the study will also be of importance to researchers who
intends to embark on a study in a similar topic, finally the study will
be of great importance to the student, teachers, lecturers and the
general public as the study will add to the pool of existing literature.
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