Assessment of sustainable development and gender equality in Nigeria

• Main Author: Ujah, John Sule
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/28000/1/INSORPAD%202020%2064%2087.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/28000/

Gender equality is fundamental to sustainable development in Nigeria. This work attempts to point out the need to bridge the gender gap for sustainable development in Nigeria, especially as gender equality is one of the goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Evidence has shown that women perform enormous tasks in their families and the society at large. Unfortunately, they have been oppressed and relegated to the background. Women have not been fully involved in decision-making to enable them contribute their quota to the achievement of sustainable development in Nigeria. The problem of women discrimination has not been addressed in spite of the roles women play in productive activities. Nigerian women are yet to attain a threshold for personal well-being for gainful economic activity. Inaccessibility to health, education and non participation in the planning process has hindered women development. It has also been seen that invisibility is an obstacle hindering women from realizing their full potential. Therefore, to foster the achievement of sustainable development, women empowerment is considered as a major contributor. This work recommends that for the achievement of sustainable development, violence and abuse of women must be discouraged. Also, appropriate laws matched with proper implementation should be enacted to maximize women’s full potential and place them rightly in the sphere of national sustainable development.