Media bias still affect women participation in nothern Nigeria Politics. Photo/ Maimuna Babangida

By Maimuna Muhammad Babangida

Women in Northern Nigeria politics and the media

Dr Maimuna Babangida explores how biased media coverage contributes to the under-representation of women in Northern Nigeria politics. The media is a vital instrument of social control. It controls voter perception of contestants and has often led to the marginalisation of women in political scenes.

 

 

This story is part of the African Women in Media (AWiM)/Luminate Young Women in Politics Media Project.

 

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