Gender inequality is a social problem facing women all over the world and is a barrier to human development. The United Nations commits to achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls and have adopted the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve gender equality by 2030. Nigeria, a Member State of the United Nations has ratified international and regional instruments which advocate for the protection and promotion of the rights of women and girls. Though some progress has been made to reduce inequality, discrimination remains a problem to women and is exacerbated by factors such as culture, religion, social practices and discriminatory laws. This study seeks to add to the discourse on gender inequality in Nigeria and examine the effectiveness of available domestic and international provisions against sex discrimination when considered against ingrained cultural attitudes, beliefs and discriminatory laws. The study found that among other determinants, culture and religion were constant features in the different forms of discrimination Nigerian women face and they were the primary reasons the proposals to pass gender equality laws were opposed and failed. The study proposes the need to adopt non-policy measures such as education and awareness-raising as additional measures to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality.

性别不平等是全世界妇女面临的社会问题，是人类发展的障碍。联合国致力于实现两性平等并赋予妇女和女孩权力，并通过了《可持续发展目标》，以在2030年前实现两性平等。尼日利亚是联合国会员国，已批准了倡导保护和促进土著人民权利的国际和区域文书。妇女和女孩的权利。尽管在减少不平等方面取得了一些进展，但歧视仍然是妇女面临的问题，并且由于文化，宗教，社会习俗和歧视性法律等因素而加剧了歧视。这项研究旨在增加关于尼日利亚性别不平等的论述，并研究在考虑根深蒂固的文化态度，信仰和歧视性法律时，国内和国际上针对性别歧视的规定的有效性。研究发现，在其他决定因素中，文化和宗教是尼日利亚妇女面临的不同形式歧视的不变特征，这是通过性别平等法的提案遭到反对和失败的主要原因。该研究建议有必要采取非政策措施，例如教育和提高认识，作为消除歧视和促进平等的补充措施。文化和宗教是尼日利亚妇女面临的不同形式歧视的不变特征，这是通过性别平等法的提案遭到反对和失败的主要原因。该研究建议有必要采取非政策措施，例如教育和提高认识，作为消除歧视和促进平等的补充措施。文化和宗教是尼日利亚妇女面临的不同形式歧视的不变特征，这是通过性别平等法的提案遭到反对和失败的主要原因。该研究建议有必要采取非政策措施，例如教育和提高认识，作为消除歧视和促进平等的补充措施。