ABSTRACT

The Topic Under review examined the Examining the Challenges of Promoting Gender Equality

in Nigeria: A Case Study of United Nations (UN)”. Every human guaranteed inalienable rights

both men and women, either by integral and indivisible part of universal human rights. The ifull

iand iequal iparticipation iof iwomen iin ipolitical, icivil, ieconomic, isocial iand icultural ilife, iat ithe

inational, iregional iand iinternational ilevels, iDespite ithe iimpact iof iUnited iNations iin ipromoting

igender iequality ithrough iconventions, itreaties, icharters iand iNigeria ias ia istate iparty iand isignatory

ito imany iinternational iinstruments ithat iprotect ithe ihuman irights, iequality iand idignity iof iits

icitizens, iNigerian iwomen’s istruggle iwith igender iinequality iin ithe ipolitical isphere, isocioeconomic

ispace iand igender ibased iviolence. i

The iStudy itherefore irevealed ithat ibased ion ithe igeneral iassessment iand ianalysis iin ithis istudy iof i

ithe iChallenges iof iPromoting iGender iEquality iin iNigeria idiscovered ithat ithe iresponses ito ibridge

ithe igap ibetween imen iand iwomen iin iNigeria iwere ieffort iin ifutility ibecause idespites ithe iimpacts iby

iboth iNational iand iInternational igovernment ito iaddressed ithe igender iequality, ithe igender idisparity

istill ipersist iat ihigher irates iin ithe icountry iin imany iareas isuch ias iPolitical iaffairs iof ithe istate,

iEconomic ispace iand isocial-cultural isegregation. iThe istudy isuggested ithat iUniversal iDeclaration

iof ihuman iRights itreats, iconventional, ias iwell ias iNational iconstitutional iprovisions ishould ibe

istrictly iadhering ito ipromoting igender iequality iand irespecting ithe iwomen iin ithe icountry iand itheir

icontribution itoward ithe idevelopment iof ithe isociety ithrough iseminars, iconferences, igroup

idiscussion, imedia ietc.