UNITED NATIONS AND THE CHALLENGES OF PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA

Women  in  Nigeria  are  faced  with  various  challenges  both  at  the  private  and  public sector.  As  a result  of  this,  there  are  gender  imbalance  that  tends  to  take  place  among  both sexes. There are various gender inequalities that preoccupies the system which ranges from violence  to  abuses,  discriminations  as  well  as  denial  to  political  offices.  Even  though  the attainment  of  gender  equality  is  not  only  seen  as  an  end  in  itself,  it  is  equally  an  end  in ingredients to and a product for the achievement of sustainable development of countries. The method of the research work is based on the secondary source of analysis which is  done  through  the  use  of  journals,  internet  materials  and  other  archival  sources  of information  which  is  going  to  be  relevant.  

Though  Nigeria  as  a  country  with  the  Federal Ministry  of  Women  Affairs  and  Poverty  Alleviation  and  Nigeria  has  been  a  signatory  to various international treaties and policies as well. Various discoveries has revealed that gender inequality is a great challenge to Nigeria even as a developing country, such as discriminations that women are faced with including abuses.  Although,  the  UN  been  an  International  Organization  having  established  various policies such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) etc. Despite all these policies that have been established for the purpose of  nullifying  the  distinction,  exclusion  made  on  the  basis  of  sex,  UN  itself  still  encounters various problems, such is the fact that women work more than women but are still been paid low.  With  this  policies,  UN  still  have  its  challenges  such  that  lack  of  women  to  improper education, cultural and social beliefs of the women, poor recognition of women issues etc are still some of the challenges the United Nations is facing. 

In conclusion, if all the policies that the United Nation has established coupled with the treaties that Nigeria has signed are put into effect, it will thus increase the knowledge of women  as  well  as  curb  barriers  that  are  been  placed  against  women,  such  as  vying  for political positions, for instance, in Brazil and Germany; they have females as their Presidents known as Chancellor, Nigeria also can get to that position.