Women’s Experiences of Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria: Towards a Sociological Anatomy of Violence against women during the Lockdown

Abstract

The study presented a Sociological discourse on women's experiences of covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria: towards a sociological anatomy of violence against women: a narrative on the pandemic lockdown in Nigeria. It adopts the discourse analysis method, and used material resources between 2019 and 2021 to present the discourse analysis of violence that occurred against women during this period in Nigeria. Also, content of relevant information obtained were subjected to analysis, and a discourse analysis was done to drive relevant argument of the study. The findings of the study revealed that gender-based violence against the feminine is a major cultural practice in Nigeria with no strong Institutional framework that seeks to address it in the society. It is also evident from the analysis that men are more empowered than women in the society. Therefore, it recommends the need for feminine empowerment in the society which cuts across financial empowerment that could at least make the female gender to be self dependent. There should also be the need for partnership between the governments and International Institutions that could help increase awareness or education in the society and also to teach and introduce self-defense Mechanisms to women so as to deploy such techniques during gender based violence towards saving their lives and reaching for help when necessary.