Despite women’s contributions to the electoral process, their participation in governance has continued to decline  in the country. Please download to view summary of gender index in elective positions in the Nigerian political space.

Proportion(%) of seats held by women in National Parliaments (%) in Nigeria was 6.8% (Senate) and 5.60 (House of Representatives) as of 2017. Percentages over the past 17 years have a record high of 7.9% in 2007 and lowest of 3.8% in 2003 for Senate, while for the House of Representatives, 7.8% in 2011 was […]