This work “gender mainstreaming and political representation attempts to find out the relationship between gender mainstreaming and political representation. Using feminism as a tool of analysis we found that there has been a greater improvement in gender mainstreaming in Nigeria from 1999 to 2015. This was largely due to general awareness created on the condition of women through gender mainstreaming activities at the global state. The result has been the emergence of women NGOs and other state holders pressing for better conditions for women in socio-economic and political development of the country. This study however, found out that inspite of gains madel in this area, there still exist a wide disparity between men and women in the country in terms of access to socio-economic opportunities including participation in politics and decision making. In other words, although there has been an effective gender mainstreaming in Nigeria, this has not brought a proportional increase to women political representation in the country. This study further identified certain intributions that were responsible for this ugly scenario. These include: the dominant patriarchal system in Nigeria, negative attitude of Nigeria women towards the political process and their lack of support for fellow women aspirant, among other inhibitions. In the light of the above, the study recommends among other things that fermal politicians must cultivate the habit of supporting themselves in order to create a democratic space for themselves.
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