WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (WJSS)
ISSN: 2504 – 9232
Volume 2, No. 1, March 2017
Pages 51-65
DOI: 10.36108/wjss/7102.20.0140
GENDER AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA
ELLIOT ASAIN SIBIRI
Abstract
This paper examined the gender question in poverty reduction in Nigeria. Based on desk study, it reviewed selected poverty intervention programs in the country and concluded that poverty reduction programmes and policies have barely touched on women. The paper made a number of recommendations to mainstream women in poverty reduction agenda
Keywords: Poverty, Women, gender inequality, culture, MDGs