ENFORCEMENT OF GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA: MAKING A CASE FOR PROTECTION

Abstract

Gender inequality, violence and abuse are not completely an exclusive scenario but a seriously complex situation affecting each other. Women and Men particularly in Nigeria and other part of the world face multiple inequalities, in the past it is generally believed that most violence and abuse are against the women caused by the man but in our present day a woman can also abuse the man. The causes of these inequalities are diverse and are caused by setting up socially attached lower positioning of the woman or the man; in Nigeria particularly women and men face subordination depending on who is abusing the other. This work aim at identifyinginequalities as they occur, how enforcement of gender equality in Nigeria can be carried out, inequality for women and men and how violence and it respective consequences. Power play between men and women reinforce inequality in Nigeria and increase the likelihood of violence against the man or woman, the subjugation of men or women in Nigeria take place due to practices based on gender differentiation, interpersonal, socio-cultural based violence can result to established differences between men and women. For example sex trafficking on the side of men and women is the outcome of inequality, this occur due to the disadvantage position of either the man or the woman depending on who is affected.