Today am happy that it's another wonderful opportunity to continue the next vol. on the above subject matter.

Also, it is very important for those who missed the previous vol.1 of this article to endeavour and read them. I will be dropping the links to the previous vol.1 at the end of this article.

Continuation of vol1:
Male chauvinism and challenges of contemporary African women vol.2:

Across South Africa and Nigeria, women are still discriminated against "On Match 16, Nigeria legislators refused to pass for the second reading, the bill on gender equality. The bill titled "Gender parity and prohibition of violence against women" would have among other things provided women quality in marriage, education, and opportunities. Some of the legislators citied religious and cultural reasons. Section 26 (2) (a) of the 19199 Nigerian constitution denies a woman to confer citizenship status on her foreign husband but greats that to men. Section 353 of the criminal code says that anyone who unlawfully assaults a man commits a felony and doles out three years imprisonment for such an offence, while sanity 360 says that anyone who assaults a woman is guilty of misdemeanor and bags two years only. Section 55 of the labour acts also ban women from working in any industrial place, or undertaking in any work at night. Under the Nigeria penal code guiding the Northern part of grievous harm aimed at the correction of male chauvinism is a recurring diet in the wife by the husband.
This indices of male chauvinism is a recurring diet in the action of African men including prominent leaders. Recently, during a state visit to the German republic, president Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria told the bewildered audience that his wife belongs to the kitchen and other room in reaction to the criticism raised against his government by his wife.

It seems that Africa has produced leaders renowned for their sexists and masculinists driven comments primarily targeted at women.
In South Africa, President Jacob Zuman has endured a turbulent presidency because of his sexists comment against women, and persistent accusation that he taped a woman named Kwezi before he became president. In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has become famous for his diatribe and caricature of women and the list goes.
The mainline religious in Africa have not fared better either, the religions of Christianity and Islam still caries its fair share of stigma against women. The same can be found among the traditional religion. Islam takes the lead as one of the leading denigrators of women. Women are are restricted with most repressive laws and are often object of stigma. Most Africa Islamic countries are run by sharia Law which has often targeted women unleashing the often severe restriction on them. For instance in northern Nigeria where sharia Law is in operation, women have far fewer rights than women I'm other places.

There is restriction with regard to dress, social and religious events and even role in the family. The practice of polygamy in Islam also leaves women in a precarious situation. Many a times they ate Left to fend for themselves and their children. For instance in Nigeria, one can already see the consequences in the number of almagiris-street kids littering Nigeria cities often with the men failing to take responsibility of bread winners. Some Islamic sects in Nigeria still practice the seclusion of women and the purdah is a tribute to this. The purdah has become one of the major pillars of male patriarchy and comes in form of complete seclusion.
Again while Muslim male are not required to state the reason for seeking a divorce, women are required to do so.
Recently, some Muslim clerics and even leaders have encouraged and even indulged in the kidnap and forceful conversion to Islam and marriage of underage girls both from Christian and Muslim backgrounds, citing Islamic l