Day 2

SESSION TITLE:
Conflict and Insecurity,
Peace-Building, and Gender
Dimension


CHAIR:
Dr. Iyabo Olanrele


PRESENTERS
Grace James Udoyen (Masculinities and women participation in peace
building and security processes: Exploring the experiences of women
activists in peace and security in the Niger Delta, Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Professor Lateef F. Oladimeji
Abosede Omowumi Babatunde (Petro-politics and gendered violence:
Women’s socio-political deprivation and the challenge of peace building in
extractive communities in Nigeria’s oil region)


DISCUSSANT: Paul-Sewa Thovoethin
Abah, Joel (Conict-induced displacement and women political
representation in Benue State, Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Diana Mary T. Nsan

SESSION TITLE:
Inclusiveness of Women
with Disabilities in Politics
and Governance I


CHAIR:
Prof. Abiodun Amuda-Kannike, SAN


PRESENTERS
Ejiro Aidegbomo Odeka (Inclusiveness of women with disabilities in
politics and governance – A “Sickel” solution)


DISCUSSANT: Neville Onebamhoi Obakhedo
Opeyemi Idowu Aluko (Women living with disabilities and political
inclusion in Nigeria: The extent and dimensions)


DISCUSSANT: Isioma Emily Osakuni
Ngozi Edith Iyoho (Social exclusion of women with disabilities: Implication
for policy options)


DISCUSSANT: Ibijoke Faborode

SESSION TITLE:
Cross country perspectives
on women representation


CHAIR:
Prof. Magdalene Igbolo


PRESENTERS
Yunus Adelodun (Breaking barriers: A cross-country perspective on women’s
representation in governance in Nigeria and the United Kingdom)


DISCUSSANT: Chidinma Charity Ezenwajiobi
Adeyanju, Faith Omolola (Women’s rights during humanitarian emergencies:
Nigeria in retrospect)


DISCUSSANT: Barakat Adebisi Raji
Dr. Ganiat Olatokun (Making a case for the recognition of Liberal Feminists’
Theory in the Nigerian Constitution: Taking a clue from the Rwandan Constitution)


DISCUSSANT: Abdulkadir Salaudeen
Isiaq Abdullateef Ishowo (Women Participation in Politics: A Comparative
Study of Nigeria And Rwanda)


DISCUSSANT: Dr. Bethel Uzoma Ihugba

SESSION TITLE:
Climate change, and women’s
participation and representation
in governance


CHAIR:
Prof. Olalekan Yinusa


PRESENTERS
Saheed Olanrewaju Issa (Women in top echelon positions and their effects
on carbon emission disclosure)


DISCUSSANT: Iyabo Olanrele
Olanrewaju, John, S. (Gender equality in the era of climate change: An
assessment of National Action Plan on SDGs 5 &13 and its Impact on women
participation in Nigeria’s governance)


DISCUSSANT: God’stime Osariyekemwen Igiebor
Osinachi N. Onu (Women representation and participation in climate
change governance in Nigeria: A need for a paradigm shift)


DISCUSSANT: Ngozi Edith Iyoho

SESSION TITLE:
Women Perception of
Political Participation and
Governance


CHAIR:
Hon. Agnes Kirabo


PRESENTERS
Dr. Adebusola Okedele (Women’s perceptions of the political candidacy of
females in Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Dr. Hafees Tosin Sulyman
Ajibola Adigun (Conceptualizing women for men (W4M) in political
participation in Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Bolaji O. Akanni
Patience Mamie Kolade (Inclusivity matter: Fostering women’s
representation and visibility in Nigeria’s political party system)
DISCUSSANT: Maryam Bayero-Jimoh

SESSION TITLE:
Gender Policy, Affrmative
Action and the Role of Civil
Society Organisations


CHAIR:
Hon. Nonhlahla Ndaba


PRESENTERS
Nkiruka Cynthia Uzodi (CSOs, legislation and expansion of women’s
political participation:
A study of the Special Seats Bill 2021)


DISCUSSANT: Sunny Nwakanma
Abdulkadir Salaudeen (Affirmative Action Policy and the Challenge of
Female Cabinet Membership in Nigeria: An Analysis from 2019-2023)


DISCUSSANT: Benedicta Omeghie Isunueo
Ibijoke Faborode (Civil Society Organisations and agenda setting for gender
representation in the Fourth Republic)


DISCUSSANT: Prof. Moses T. Aluaigba

SESSION TITLE:
Access to technology and
women participation in politics


CHAIR:
Hon. Mbalu Jessica Nduku Kiko


PRESENTERS
Aondover Eric Msughter (Social media and political participation of
women in the 2023 general elections in Lagos State, Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Bibonga Jennifer Joel
Jendele Hungbo (Social media adoption rate and female user agency as
determinants of women visibility in Nigerian public affairs)


DISCUSSANT: Grace James Udoyen

SESSION TITLE:
Women participation in politics I


CHAIR:
Hon. Marianne Kitany


PRESENTERS
Rosemary E. Akpan (Women as the invisible hands that swings the
pendulum of the political clock in Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Adeyanju, Faith Omolola
Afeaye A. Igbafe (Women in politics and governance in Nigeria: The
endangered species)


: Ejiro Aidegbomo Odeka
Olarinmoye Adeyinka W. (Roles of women in grassroots politics in some
selected localities in Lagos State)


: Joel Abah
Abdullahi Saliu Ishola, PhD (Legislative approach to secured
representation quotas for women in governance: Is the Political Ofces
(Gender Composition) Law 2021 in Kwara State a good model?)


DISCUSSANT: Abosede Omowumi Babatunde

SESSION TITLE:
Women participation in politics II


CHAIR:
Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Azeezat Yishawu


PRESENTERS
Iyanuoluwa Adetayo Aluko (Why few women participate in politics and
governance in Nigeria: A social background theory analysis)


DISCUSSANT: Opeyemi Idowu Aluko
Salau, Jamiu Adewale (Women and political participation in Nigeria: A
critical assessment and the way forward)

DISCUSSANT: Yunus Adelodun
Osaretin G. Okungbowa & Timothy O. Ogbebor (Barriers to women’s
representation in governance: Evidence from thematic analysis of
parliamentary debates in Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Dr. Ganiat Olatokun

SESSION TITLE:
Women and the Political
Party System in Nigeria II


CHAIR:
Hon. Mourine Osoru


PRESENTERS
Adetula, Mary Oluwagbemisola (There is more to it than meets the eye:
Women party leaders and the challenges of political inclusion in party and
electoral politics in Osun State, Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Olubukola S. Adesina
Musa Lumi (Political parties and women participation in politics: A study of Bauchi State)


DISCUSSANT: Muhammad Auwal Sulaiman
Natasha Aduloju-Ajijola, Azeezat Yishawu, Halimah Tauheed, Adeola
Ayinla, Christina O. Akintoye and Israel F. Opeyemi (The Importance of
Women in Governance in Nigeria: Examining the Role of Political Party
Culture and Economic Power)


DISCUSSANT: Rosemary E. Akpan

SESSION TITLE:
Women, Elections, and the
Electoral System in Nigeria II


CHAIR:
Hon. Wakil Mohammed


PRESENTERS
Idrees Mahmud Gana (Women’s participation in the electoral activities in
Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: What it means for democratic consolidation)


DISCUSSANT: Dr. Adebusola Okedele
Prof. Moses T. Aluaigba (The 2023 General Elections and politics of
exclusion: The imperatives of gender mainstreaming in Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Osaretin G. Okungbowa
Sakah Saidu Mahmud (The political economy of women representation in
governance in Nigeria)


DISCUSSANT: Ihuoma, Chinonso

SESSION TITLE:
Inclusiveness of Women with
Disabilities in Politics and
Governance II


CHAIR:
Prof. Eugenia George-Genyi


God’s time Osariyekemwen Igiebor (Political party participation and the
question of Women And Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) alienation in
Nigeria: Implication for the democratic process)


DISCUSSANT: Prof. Abiodun Amuda-Kannike, SAN
Chidinma Charity Ezenwajiobi (Inclusion and women participation in
socio-political activities in Nigeria: Making a case for women with disabilities)


DISCUSSANT: Nanven Haruna Mamdam
Isioma Emily Osakuni (Inclusiveness of women with disabilities in politics
and governance)


DISCUSSANT: James Okolie-Osemene

Joint Technical/Interactive Session on Gender Responsive Budgeting


Chair: Prof. Shola Omotola


Presenter: Prof. Olalekan Yinusa, O.A.U


DAY/VENUE ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY
Thursday 24th
August, 2023
Closing Remarks Prof. Abubakar O. Sulaiman
DG NILDS