ABSTRACT

Concerted efforts to transform gender cultures within Nigerian universities have introduced formal strategies aimed at reinforcing gender equity principles and practice. This is evidenced through the creation of gender centres and the adoption of gender equity policies in some Nigerian universities. However, existing literature reveals that despite these formal measures, gender imbalance in academic leadership is still prevalent. This paper seeks to investigate why gender equity policies in Nigerian universities have failed to gain traction, especially for advancing women to academic leadership positions. Using documentary data gathered from purposively selected universities in Nigeria, this paper unveils the various ways in which the content and enactment of institutional gender policies are gendered and potentially reinforce systems of inequality. Informed by a Feminist Institutionalism and Feminist Policy Analysis framework, I analyse gender policy documents and identify areas of silence, women’s exclusion, and how male dominance is perpetuated in the policy.

摘要

尼日利亚大学内为转变性别文化做出的共同努力引入了旨在加强性别平等原则和实践的正式战略。尼日利亚一些大学设立性别中心和采用性别平等政策就证明了这一点。然而，现有文献表明，尽管采取了这些正式措施，学术领导中的性别失衡仍然普遍存在。本文旨在调查为什么尼日利亚大学的性别平等政策未能获得吸引力，尤其是在提升女性担任学术领导职位方面。使用从尼日利亚有目的地选择的大学收集的文献数据，本文揭示了机构性别政策的内容和实施被性别化并可能强化不平等制度的各种方式。在女权主义制度主义和女权主义政策分析框架的指导下，我分析了性别政策文件，并确定了沉默、女性被排斥的领域，以及男性在政策中的主导地位是如何延续的。