of women to raise the needed political awareness among them.
The
Executive Director of the NGO, Dr Rakiya Shonekan, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday that the measure was necessary to ensure
effective participation of women in the election.
“There is
the need for massive sensitisation of women and supporters of women at all
levels.
“They need
to be encouraged to obtain permanent voter cards; but more importantly,
credible women should vie for elective positions.
“There is
also the need for huge investment in girl-child education, to prepare them
politically.”
According to
Shonekan, the male-dominated political landscape of the country has continued
to marginalise women.
“Women are
marginalised both in elective and appointive political positions.
“Take Kaduna
State for example, there is no single woman in the State House of Assembly.
“You also
know that there are only seven women out of the 109 members of the Senate and
14 out of the 360 members of the House of Representatives.
“The current
level of involvement of women in governance is very dismal. This needs to be
changed.’’
Shonekan
blamed the development on what she called “extreme patriarchal male-dominated
society, gender insensitive tactics in Nigerian politics and monetisation of
the political process”.
According to
her, this makes it very difficult for women to compete.
Other
contributory factors, she said, were the preference of male leadership
entrenched in the Nigerian society over time, low level of education among
women and poor understanding of the political process.
She said
that women must be given equal opportunities in all aspects of governance.
“To achieve
this, women need a strong collective voice and representation to be able to
effect the necessary constitutional and electoral reforms.
“This is
because women make up about half of the nation’s population and participating
in politics is their fundamental right.’’
Shonekan
noted that there had been a lot of momentum on the need for constitutional and
electoral reforms, adding that women must be enlightened enough to lend their
voices to the discourse.
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