Women's+Roles

Kellie G

Women in Nigeria
Nigeria's Flag: [] Black and White Picture of Women: [] Colorful Picture of Women: []
 * The women of Nigeria had a lot of freedom but they still had to listen to what men say to them. Women were equal to men but couldn't not inhert land.
 * Women would have jobs like mothers, housewifes, food and good production, farmed with their husbands, weaving, potterymakers, and political offices.
 * They got health care and freedom of religion
 * During the Colonial Period of Nigeria, the country went through a economy where they would only export good. This helped country like Great Britian but it didn't help the women in the trade work force.
 * During the Colonial Period, the men would become more powerful then the women. They were able to use new technology and cash crops while women couldn't. The government became very bias of women.
 * While boys were getting taught about new technology, girls learn about how to be a good house wife durning the Colonial Period.
 * After the Colonial Period, the women jobs improved and started to compete with the men of Nigeria.
 * Women's education didn't change much after the Colonial Period. Most of the girls didn't want to attend school. A lot of girls also dropped out of high school.
 * In 1960 women firght for there independence.Women in political fields fight to have their independence return back to them.
 * Women would have arrange marriages, arranged from the brides and grooms family. Approval of the mother is important because the bride would have to live with their mother-in-law after marriage.

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