In Nigeria, there are various cultural customs that limit the advancement and protection of women’s rights. Women from all of Nigeria’s ethnic groupings generally experience some amount of marginalization in all facets of their lives due to the the patriarchal society that regards them as second-class citizens.
These cultural practices include;
1.Female genital mutilation
2.Child/forced marriage
3. Preference of a male child over a female child
4. Female infanticide
5.Widowhood rites, etc.
Gender inequalities in society as a whole are frequently reinforced and maintained by these harmful cultural norms.
Furthermore, these unfair societal attitudes and values promote and uphold the male patriarchy while restricting women’s access to political, economic, and educational opportunities as well as their sexual and reproductive health. This shows that female children are born with disadvantages from birth which prevents them from realizing their full potential as women in the future.
By eliminating harmful and discriminatory cultural practices, promoting female child education, and taking legal action against organizations or people who pose a danger to women’s rights, this narrative can be transformed.
Speak Wednesday is an initiative of CFHI to address issues around gender-based violence and gender bias.
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