SUSTAINING WOMEN'S RIGHT AND STRUCTURAL EQUALITY IN NIGERIA POLITICAL SPACE: A HUMAN RIGHT REVIEW

Abstract

Gender ideologies, is a fundamental cause of gender inequality and the domination of men. The quest for the equal rights of women have been fashioned in reaction to a structure of patriarchal societal standards and laws that, according to historians and psychologist, structured the Nigerian cultural, political, and economic life. The Nigerian society still operates within the ancient anti-humanist belief which portrays women as weaker group without regards to their mental capacity. Sustaining the rights of women appeared to be an overlooked legacy within the Nigerian structure. The article which adopts doctrinal research methodology aim at reviewing the persisting barbaric system of classifying women as lesser beings, the factors that affect women's political participation and representation and discovered that the improved participation of women in politics lately has improved the nation's economic growth as women are central to societal advancement. That despite interactions, highlights and tensions in evolving laws on human rights and equality of all persons globally and in Nigeria in particular, closing the un-enforcement gaps in gender equality and women's right has tactically remained an unfinished business. The articles recommends the actualization and usage of specialized instruments like CEDAW, which spells out normative and theoretical devices to curb patriarchal, religious and cultural norms which enhances structural inequalities and are impediments to sustaining women's right.