THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND IT’S EFFECTS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

We live in a world where majority of women face real-time poverty, gross inequality, molestation and injustice. From poor education to poor nutrition to violence and brutalization to vulnerable and low pay employment, the sequence of discrimination and atrocities against women have continued to be perceived as normal in most societies in Nigeria. It is however important to stress her that persistent violence against women have a detrimental impact to the sustainable development of a society. This work is thus an attempt to explore the negative relationship between violence against women and sustainable development. The radical feminism was thus used to provide theoretical justification to the study. The paper concluded that no meaningful development could be sustained in Nigeria except women are regarded as partners in progress rather competitors. It is the recommendation of the paper that men and indeed the entire public must be educated and re-socialised on the need to view violence against women in negative terms in order to reduce its nature and extent and hence progress.