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Clear and Present Danger! Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment as a Limit to Female Access to Quality Tertiary Education in South-West Nigeria
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Abstract
Gender disaggregated data on tertiary enrolment in Nigeria generally indicate significant levels of disparity
between female and male enrolment especially in Northern Nigeria. On the other hand, data for South-west
Nigeria show a gradual improvement in female tertiary enrolment rates with less than 10% difference between
female and male enrolees. Though encouraging, these data hide a growing and insidious problem which limits
female students’ access to quality education and may impact on their ability to compete effectively in the
workplace and society after graduation. The focus of this paper is on the problem of quid-pro-quo sexual
harassment in Universities in South-west Nigeria. With the aid secondary statistical data, the paper identifies
sexual harassment as a gendered vice which is often overlooked in Nigerian Universities but with a negative
impact on female students’ ability to access quality tertiary education – leaving them at a disadvantage and
predisposing them to further inequality. The paper highlights the nature and characteristics of sexual harassment
and makes a case for urgent action to combat this growing menace as a means of promoting gender equity and
encouraging improved female access to quality tertiary education.// Paper ID 149
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Nigeria
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Africa
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2019-09
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)