ABSTRACT
The Topic Under review examined the “Examining the Challenges of Promoting Gender Equality in Nigeria: A Case Study of United Nations (UN)”. Every human guaranteed inalienable rights both men and women, either by integral and indivisible part of universal human rights. The full and equal participation of women in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life, at the national, regional and international levels, Despite the impact of United Nations in promoting gender equality through conventions, treaties, charters and Nigeria as a state party and signatory to many international instruments that protect the human rights, equality and dignity of its citizens, Nigerian women’s struggle with gender inequality in the political sphere, socio- economic space and gender based violence.
The Study therefore revealed that based on the general assessment and analysis in this study of the Challenges of Promoting Gender Equality in Nigeria discovered that the responses to bridge the gap between men and women in Nigeria were effort in futility because despites the impacts by both National and International government to addressed the gender equality, the gender disparity still persist at higher rates in the country in many areas such as Political affairs of the state, Economic space and social-cultural segregation. The study suggested that Universal Declaration of human Rights treats, conventional, as well as National constitutional provisions should be strictly adhering to promoting gender equality and respecting the women in the country and their contribution toward the development of the society through seminars, conferences, group discussion, media etc.