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| Title: | Engendering Nigeria's Third Republic |
| Author: | Shettima, Kole Ahmed |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Periodical: | African Studies Review |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Period: | December |
| Pages: | 61-98 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | democratization women's organizations women politics Women's Issues Politics and Government migration organizations economics |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/524793 |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the part played by women in the process of political transition to the Third Republic in Nigeria which started in 1986. The paper pays attention to the role of Nigerian women in the debate on the new constitution, their role in partisan politics and in the struggle to deepen democracy. The experiences of Women in Nigeria (WIN, a feminist research, advocacy and action organization) and the Market Women's Association (MWA, an occupational association with branches in most markets) serve as illustration. The focus of the paper is on the first phase of the transition to the Third Republic, although the current situation is also discussed. The transition to the Third Republic provided an opportunity for women to articulate concerns, claims and visions that challenged conventional notions of democracy. For women democracy is not only conventional 'public' politics, but includes gender relations in the family and society. Women also argued that effective participation in the political process is compromised by the difficult economic conditions in the country. Hence, for democracy to be established, the economic policies which undermine the livelihood of the majority have to be terminated. However, the concerns women put forward were not only rejected but also trivialized. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |
