THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL

This research will be embarked on to evaluate factors responsible for gender

inequality and women participation in politics in Nigeria with special interest in
Borno State 2015. The study will be formulated on three objectives and three
research questions to navigate the study. The major limitation to this study is that
women participation in politics in Borno State has no much record for use for
analysis. In the literature review, the study will look at empirical study of women
participation in politics. The study is going to adopt feminist political theory as a
theoretical framework and expose factor design as its methodology. The study will
secondary data as method of data collection and content analysis as method of data
analysis. Afterword, the study is going to look at gender discrimination, politics
should be reserved only for women who have come up of age and do not have
much house chores. This according to the study will bring about women career
adjustment in other to rescue home situation and that of politics. The study will
also try to recommends that in other to defeat the cultural factors that hinder
women in participating in politics there should be mass education of women and
gender enlightenment campaign that will create a balance of gender sensitivity in
policy and political decision making.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of Study
1.2 Statement of the Problems
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Significance of Study

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CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Concept of politics
2.2 political participation
2.3 Political Participation and Gender Representation in Nigeria: Historical
Exploration
2.4 Evolution of Women Active Participation in Politics and Governance
in Nigeria
2. 5 women as agents of development
2.6 Needs for the inclusion of women in active political process
2.7 Effort made towards Female Participation in Politics in Nigeria
2.8 Nigeria women and democratic governance

2.9 Gender Disparity in Political Participation as a Global Phenomenon

2.10 International concern for women in political affairs
2.11 Concept of gender
2.12 women more than men adjust their careers for family life
2.13 factors leading to the growth of women participation in politics women
empowerment programs
2.14 Activities of UN and other international organization and women participation
in politics
2.15 gap in literature

CHAPTER THREE: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY
3.1 Theoretical Framework
3.2 Research Design
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3.3 Method of Data Collection
3.1Method of Data Analysis

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

4.1 Gender as a barrier to political participation in Borno state
4.2 Cultural Factor as a Hindrance to Women Participation in Politics in Borno
State
4.3 Money Politics Hindered Women Participation to Elective Political offices in
Borno State from 1999 to 2015

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY FINDING, CONCLUSION AND

RECOMMENDATION
Summary of Finding
Conclusion
Recommendation