POLICY PAPER - CPED Policy Paper Series No.1, 2023 - Perspectives on Gender Equality in Nigeria:

This Policy Paper provides a synthesis of the literature on gender inequality issues in Nigeria and the challenges posed by the prevailing patterns for the attainment of sustainable development goal 5 in Nigeria for the benefit of policymakers in Nigeria. [...] The project team, CPED and the University of Windsor are particularly grateful to IDRC and its partners for the funding of the Women Rise Initiative Programme to which CPED and the University of Windsor are beneficiaries. [...] One justification for this emphasis on gender equality is the agreement, by all stakeholders across the globe, that one of the indicators of the progress and development of any nation is the position of women in that society. [...] It is against this background that this paper provides a synthesis of the literature on gender inequality issues in Nigeria and the challenges posed by the prevailing patterns for the attainment of sustainable development goal 5 in Nigeria for the benefit of policymakers in Nigeria. [...] These dividends of high economic growth have been found to accrue more to a small proportion of the population and scholars assert that Nigeria’s growth has only been inclusive for the rich and exclusive for the poor especially the young people and the women (Olukemi and Umar, 2019).