A study of gender and equal opportunities for women in the Nigerian Civil Service (NCS)

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ABSTRACT

Discusses the function of women in administration in the Nigerian Civil Service (NCS). The number of men in administration in the NCS far passes the number of women. Women furthermore function in a Nigerian humanity permeated by gender stereotypes. Tries to response the question: “Why is a woman less probable to become a older supervisor in the NCS?” Data were accumulated from a assortment of male and feminine managers who have the needed know-how and information of women issues. The outcome display that the argument about women's functions as managers has provoked a reassessment of the customary contradictory stereotype of women as managers. Although women are being granted some managerial possibilities, they are harshly distinguished against. Thus the variety of possibilities accessible to women is restricted and the outlook of a woman being a older supervisor is less favourable than for a man. Concludes that women are probable to convey a distinct method of administration to the service and the NCS would advantage from more integration of women managers.

Table of Content

ABSTRACTII

INTRODUCTION1

Provisional Aim:1

Provisional aim1

Objectives1

Background1

Theoritical Framework2

Research objectives3

LITERATURE REVIEW5

Equal Opportunities5

Understanding equal opportunities in workplace6

Labor9

Major legislation and moves forward11

Foreign Trade Zones/Free Trade Zones12

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY13

Interpretativist Approach13

Experiment15

PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS17

DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS IN RELATION TO LITERATURE22

MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS23

CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS25

REFERENCES27

INTRODUCTION

Provisional Aim:

Has 3 elements (a) background area of study; (b) focal area of study; (c) context

Provisional aim

To explore the role of gender and equal opportunities for women in the Nigerian Civil Service (NCS)

Objectives

1. To examine the literature on equal opportunities and the workplace.

2. To identify the role of gender within equal opportunities

3. To explore the role of gender and equal opportunities in a Nigerian context.

4. To identify key implications for practice and recommendations for the future

Background

Nigeria, with an approximated community of 120 million, is the most populous homeland along the West African coastline. Anakwe (2002) places the percentage of women as nearly 57 percent of the Nigerian population. The indigenous Nigerian employed scheme is affiliated with custom and controlled by heritage norms. As a outcome of custom and heritage women's engagement in socio-political affairs particularly in conclusion producing and authority functions has been restricted or even negligible (Mba, 2005). Also, age and gender are the working out components in the alternative of individuals for authority positions. Thus, men are generally granted the function of authority and women are granted the household responsibilities. However, in spite of age and gender bias, the function of women in Nigerian humanity extends to undergo substantial change since the 1970s. Nigerian women are evolving more cognizant of their individual desires and selves, and are requiring larger equality and rank both inside the dwelling and outside. It fact is that the middle-class women are at the forefront of this change. She documented that inside the last ten years, the number of Nigerian women in the paid work force has nearly doubled.

Theoritical Framework

In Nigeria, men have, by custom, been considered as better matched than women to boss ...