Remove political barriers for women, group urges parties
Remove political barriers for women, group urges parties
Political parties in the country have been accused of using the position of women leaders to limit their participation in politics.
For women to actualise affirmative action, the Project Director, Global Fund Impact Project and Family Health International, Christiana Laniyan, on Friday, said political parties must drop the women leader position.
She said this at a national conference and summit of the Standup for Women Society in Abuja.
Speaking on the theme, ‘Women: Bridge builders in good governance and societal balance’, Laniyan said structural barriers in political parties should be removed for women to contest other positions in the party.
She said, “The structural barriers that do not allow women to participate in governance should be removed.
“For instance, in political participation, many women are not allowed in the proper structure of a political party. They create a women’s wing, which implies that they are treated differently. Women do not have to be limited.
“Political parties should not create structures that stereotype them into a role.
“If there are 15 positions to be canvassed, part of the affirmative action should be that seven of such positions should be given to women.
The role of women’s leaders should be scrapped.”
Also, the co-founder, StandUp for Women Society, Olatunbosun Oladimeji, noted that women should be empowered in society and be allowed to govern at the Federal and State levels.
Credit: Punch Newspaper
