WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: The need for women’s empowerment has been an issue of concern, especially in African societies where cultural practices relegated women to second fiddle. This study focused on women’s empowerment for sustainable development. The objective of the study is to examine women empowerment and sustainable development as well as identify factors militating against women empowerment in Nigeria. The population of the study consists of inhabitants of Kano city, Nigeria from which a sample of 300 respondents was selected with the use of stratified random sampling. Copies of the questionnaire were administered to elicit information from respondents. The use of frequency distribution, percentage, and Pearson product-moment correlation was adopted for data analysis. The result of the test of the hypothesis shows a positive correlation between women empowerment and sustainable development with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.884251. Poor access to education, violence against women, preference for a male child, unequal access to advance economic and political opportunity, and poor access to healthcare services were identified as factors militating against women’s empowerment among others. The study, therefore, recommends that the government of Nigeria should implement policies and laws that support women’s empowerment and sustainable development throughout the country. In addition, Nigerians should be sensitized and re-orientated about the gains of women empowerment and the dangers of discrimination against women in society.

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