Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State

This research studied factors militating against women’s participation in politics in Enugu state using four communities (Amokwe, Ikpamodo, Ndeaboh and Eha-Amufu) drawn from three senatorial zones as case study sites. The research approach employed was Community Familiarization Visits, Focus Group D...

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Autores principales:	Joy Oguadimma Ijeoma, Nwakalor Ebelechukwu O., Ejinkeonye Jennifer B. A.
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	women political enugu communities research respondents Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:74f55147bc7749eab24939356725bcdd2021-12-05T14:11:00ZFactors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State2543-804210.1515/openps-2021-0008https://doaj.org/article/74f55147bc7749eab24939356725bcdd2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/openps-2021-0008https://doaj.org/toc/2543-8042This research studied factors militating against women’s participation in politics in Enugu state using four communities (Amokwe, Ikpamodo, Ndeaboh and Eha-Amufu) drawn from three senatorial zones as case study sites. The research approach employed was Community Familiarization Visits, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and In-Depth Interview (IDI). The FGD comprised of women and men leaders in the selected communities who served as the respondents while in the case of IDI the selected women community leaders served as the respondents. The study revealed among other things that women from the study areas have not been actively involved in politics since the return of Democracy in 1999 mainly due to poor finance, lack of education, lack of support from fellow women and an unfavorable political environment. The study thereby recommends different measures to end women’s discrimination and intimidation, and the creation of a favorable environment for the improvement of women’s political participation in Enugu state.Joy Oguadimma IjeomaNwakalor Ebelechukwu O.Ejinkeonye Jennifer B. A.De GruyterarticlewomenpoliticalenugucommunitiesresearchrespondentsPolitical scienceJENOpen Political Science, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 68-73 (2021)
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spellingShingle	women political enugu communities research respondents Political science J Joy Oguadimma Ijeoma Nwakalor Ebelechukwu O. Ejinkeonye Jennifer B. A. Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State
description	This research studied factors militating against women’s participation in politics in Enugu state using four communities (Amokwe, Ikpamodo, Ndeaboh and Eha-Amufu) drawn from three senatorial zones as case study sites. The research approach employed was Community Familiarization Visits, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and In-Depth Interview (IDI). The FGD comprised of women and men leaders in the selected communities who served as the respondents while in the case of IDI the selected women community leaders served as the respondents. The study revealed among other things that women from the study areas have not been actively involved in politics since the return of Democracy in 1999 mainly due to poor finance, lack of education, lack of support from fellow women and an unfavorable political environment. The study thereby recommends different measures to end women’s discrimination and intimidation, and the creation of a favorable environment for the improvement of women’s political participation in Enugu state.
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author	Joy Oguadimma Ijeoma Nwakalor Ebelechukwu O. Ejinkeonye Jennifer B. A.
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title	Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State
title_short	Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State
title_full	Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State
title_fullStr	Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State
title_full_unstemmed	Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State
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Factors That Militate Against Women Participation in Politics in Enugu State

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