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Gender Responsive Election Coverage in Nigeria: A Score Card of 2011 General Elections

Gender Responsive Election Coverage in Nigeria: A Score Card of 2011 General Elections
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Author(s): Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy-Ndisika (University of Lagos, Nigeria)and Babatunde Adeshina Faustino (University of Lagos, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 15
Source title: Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch065

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Abstract

This article appraises media coverage of elections in Nigeria with a view to determining the extent it is gender responsive. Specifically, it assesses media coverage of elections and highlights the implications for gender equitable politics in Nigeria; provides data on coverage of both men and women during 2011 general elections; and reviews whether media personnel have fulfilled their social responsibility expectations such as gender equality goals to which the Nigerian state has pledged to in many international instruments. Data for the study were mined from existing documents on media coverage of elections in Nigeria collected, during the 2011 general elections across the six geopolitical zones; and African Media Barometer 2008 and 2011.This score card brings to the fore the extent Nigerian media personnel are implementing the Beijing Platform for Action; and the findings can be used for policy formulation on media reportage and programming for gender responsive election coverage.

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