It’s not easy to be a woman in Nigerian politics. At the highest levels of Nigerian governance, men vastly outnumber women. In the Senate and House of Representatives, women hold only three percent and four percent of seats, respectively. This gender disproportionality is evident in state and municipal governments as well. The lack of women in leadership positions in local government and civil society reflects how difficult it is for females to carve out leadership positions or rise through the ranks.
