Appropriating ‘Gender’ and ‘Empowerment’: The Resignification of Feminist Ideas in Nigeria’s Neoliberal Reform Programme in Reclaiming Feminism: Gender and Neoliberalism

This article examines the reform programme of the Obasanjo Government (1999–2007), as laid out in the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) (National Planning Commission 2004), using it to reflect on processes that are involved in instrumentalist and opportunistic uses of ‘gender’ and ‘empowerment’ by the state

By: Charmaine Pereira

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