Sexual Harassment in Academia in Nigeria: How Real?

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Title:	Sexual Harassment in Academia in Nigeria: How Real?
Author:	Ladebo, Olugbenga Jelil
Year:	2003
Periodical:	African Sociological Review (ISSN 1027-4332)
Volume:	7
Issue:	1
Pages:	117-130
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Nigeria West Africa
Subjects:	sexual offences universities Education and Oral Traditions Women's Issues Law, Human Rights and Violence Health and Nutrition Law, Legal Issues, and Human Rights Labor and Employment Education and Training sociology Sexual abuse Universities and colleges work environment
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/24487380
Abstract:	In 1991, the Commission on the Review of Higher Education suggested that sexual harassment was gradually assuming critical dimensions in Nigeria's higher education institutions. A study of four universities revealed that students identified sexual harassment as a critical stressor hindering academic work. This article assesses the issue of sexual harassment in Nigeria's academia on the basis of a study carried out in three universities in Ogun State. Information was obtained through interviews with key actors - male and female students and staff - and focus group discussions. The article argues that the absence of national legislation on sexual harassment is a major contributory factor to the perpetration of the act in higher education institutions. Furthermore, policy guidelines on sexual harassment should be developed by Nigerian universities. Bibliogr., notes. [ASC Leiden abstract]