THE NEW FACE OF GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Gender equality as a concept is no longer new in educational or academic institutions as it has become the topic of every conference, seminar, symposium and every academic discourse all over the world. It is an offspring of feminist jurisprudence that centers on women’s activists for ever-growing struggle and agitation for the attainment of equal status and treatment with their male counterparts in every sphere of life. It is the view that women are considered of weaker sex and thus dominated by men. However, with the recent development in Nigeria where men are chased out of their matrimonial homes and also called to the mother earth as a result of domestic homicide, can we still say that there is gender inequality? This paper will consider categories of rights and equality as they relate to every citizen in his or her society. The paper will consider the new look and recent trend or development in gender equality in Nigeria. This paper finally concludes by making us to realize that the continuous agitation for gender equality by women is no longer for equality but selfish interest of women and attempt to take-all in the society or even be above all if allowed.