and the elimination of gender subordination because their structure, objectives and constitutions do not recognize the majority of all Nigerian women. These organizations are made up of upper and middle class women whose conerns are with improving the provision of services rather than changing the consciousness of women (Abdullah, 1993). In addition, Hussaina states, "they are hierarchial and have not developed a clear understanding of gender subordination or its relationship to other forms of social and economic oppression" (Abdullah, 1993, p. 41). What Hussaina finds necessary in order to bring about the genuine liberation of women and men in Nigeria is for the empancipation and liberation of owmen and all oppressed groups in Nigeria. She states that "the democratic and trade union movements need to adopt and operationalise the feminist slogan the personal is political as their first statement of belief (Abdullah, 1993, p. 41). This means that the issues associated with the private (domestic) sphere of he home should be incorporated into the democratic and trade union discourse and that issues such as domestic violence, rape in marriage, incest and sexual harassment and abuse should no longer be treated as the private and personal affair of individuals and households (Abdullah, 1993). Further, Abdullah calls for change in government policies that discriminate against women. Single women, for example, are generally regarded, even accused, of being responsible for the moral decadence of deviant men in response to sexual tempation. Single women are suspected of prostitution, periodically rounded up, jailed, and made to enter into forced marriages. Such actions demand changes in the assumptions behind state policy, and for the political education of both men and women (transition p2 all quote).For women to become more active and more conficent, and be able to relate equally with their co-worker in the unio, they must be able to ch...
