ROLE OF MILITARY WOMEN IN PEACE BUILDING IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
Dibal Susan Johnson , Eugene T. Aliegba and Andrew E. Zamani
Volume 11 Issue 2
Abstract
The article examinews the peace building role played by the military women in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Considerable violent conflicts on a scale have unimaginably stared humanity in the face with their attendant adverse effects on the socio-economic development of the society. Fundamentally, ethnic and religious conflicts have reeked on the economic, physical and human wellbeing of the nation, and all efforts made by Government, Communities, and a private individual to checkmate it; seems to have produced few positive solutions. Therefore, the article assessed the various roles played by the militarya in peace building, specifically women soldiers. Relevant literature was reviewed, out of which the Post Colonial Feminism theory was adopted as theoretical framework. Depsite the criticms of the theory, it was able to explain the contributions of women in the society, particularly gender mainstreaming and community development. As a descriptive kind of study which relies on secondary sources of data such like the Newspapers, Magazines, Journal, textbooks and report from monographs, the article discovered that the military women engaegs in many operations, such as peace-keeping, standby force, involvement, mediation, stabilization and alliance management in Kaduna State, Nigeria. From the findings, the article recommends that need to make serious increase in the representation of women in the Nigeria’s miliary, including leadership roles because some women in the Nigeria’s military have achieved significnat milestones and served as inspirational figures for future generations of female military personnel. Keywords: Military, Women, Peace, Building, Kaduna
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