By
Sadeeq Omar
National Centre for Women
Development, Abuja

NIGERIAA presentation @ Training Workshop on
Gender Mainstreaming Policies
for Government Officers in Japan
DATE: July, 2011
VENUE: JICA KYUSHU,KITAKYUSHU.Japan

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT NIGERIA¾ Nigeria is situated in the WestAfrican¾It has a landmass of 923,768 sq.Km¾It is bordered to the north by theRepublics of Niger and Chad and tothe west with the Republic of Benin¾About 800km of coastline confers
on the country the potentials of apmaritime powerNigerian Population
Nigeria has a rich diversityof culture,with more than
250 ethnic groups,and over500
languages
anddialects.It is the mostpopulous country in Africawith a population estimatedat 154,729,000 in 2009.An
estimated 48% of thepopulationl i isi urbanisedb i d andd52% live in rural areas.Close
to 60% of Nigerians work inagricultureagriculture.
population
pcensus
The last pin2001
indicates
apopulation of 51% male and
49% female.

¾ Nigerian Map

Nigerian Population

¾Overview of Nigerian Economy
Nigeria has a dual economy with a modern segment dependent
on oil earnings, overlaid by a traditional agricultural and trading
yeconomy- Nigerian Currency((THE NAIRA))

Nigerian Government• Nigeria is a FederalRepublicp•

that operates a presidential system ofgovernment .It comprises 36 states
and the Federal Capital
Territory(FCT),Abuja.The states form
the second tier of government and arefurther sub divided into 774 local
government areas(LGAs),whichconstitute the third tier ofgovernment.Nigeria
gg
has an area of
923,769sq km(909,890sqkm of landand 13,879sqkm of water.

•

The Federal Govt
Govt.isis comprised of an
executive president as head and alegislature&judiciary.

Nigerian President

THREE MAJOR ISSUESIN MAINSREAMING GENDER- Descrimination in politicalparticipation,representation
ti i tit ti andd governance.
- Violence against womenwomen.
- Empowerment(economic,political and social).

MY JOBDESCRIPTION.

•- basically working towards achieving
my organisation’s set mandates which
includes amongst others-- empowerment of women throughtraining and development of capacities
to enable them earn income-- conduct gender research and todocument,store and distribute the dataand general findings to govt ministries-- departments&agencies to be usedas justifications&tools for effective
mainstreaming of gender in theirrespective MDAsMDAs.

•- Establish and maintain a genderdisaggregated data bank,and to also
conduct training in gender and ICT.

SUES TO BE ADDRESSED IN
MAINSTREAMING GENDER.
Emopwerment off rurall
women to set up small
b ibusinesses
andd fform co‐operatives to enable themearn incomei

USTIFICATION FOR CHOOSING ABOVE

he existense of highgvel inequality ingeria,which reflects
denning gaps income and gendercess to economic
d social
portunities
t iti betweenb t
d within rural andban populations
populations.

USEFUL KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH THISROGRAMME IN ORDER TO TAKE ACTION AGAINSTTHE ISSUE ABOVEON PLAN ON MAINSTREAMINGGENDER IN NIGERIA.

UTPUTS:
Women members of WDCs
owered to set up
nesses.
Women are trained and theircities built up to enablem access loans to establish
nessesnesses.
Revolving loans schemes
Women to access loans isblished9.ACTIVITIES:
0.To hold sensitisation meeting
0‐1. To sensitisehusbands,religious&traditional ldrs
on GM
0.2‐To advocate&seekk support &co‐
operation ofhusbands,religious/traditional ldrs
f theforth projectj t‐To train Women acquire
vocational&Literacy skills.
‐ To train Women to develop
business plans,feasibility
studies,simple accounting books
Keeping/financial plans and to form
co‐operatives.
‐ To organise Women to form co‐operatives.
‐To establish a revolving loanscheme.

Thank You for listening