Jika, Abubakar Jika.2023-12-122023-12-122012-04-09M.A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ART DEGREE (M.A) IN HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEEFIhttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3494This study examines the challenges of women participation in politics in Southern Kaduna Senatorial Zone since 1999. Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic rule. party politics has become dominant in the emerging democratic culture in the country. Like in most aspects of public life, women who constitute over 45% of the nation's population have been found to be relegated to the background in political development of the country. However, there appears to have been some affirmative actions on bringing more women into party politics in the fourth republic. At the level of the federal government, over 30% of public offices have been conceded to women. This success cannot be said to have been replicated at all levels of government. In some states like Kaduna, few women are found to be elected or appointed into public offices, therefore through the use multi-disciplinary approach, cjuestionnaire, observation and survey, this work was able to examine the level and extent of women political participation in Southern Kaduna Senatorial District. Both men and women were studied and the result indicated that though the level of women in politics is nothing to write home about, still women of Southern Kaduna are responding to the Global affirmative actions which encourage women to participate in politics and this has greatly enhanced the political and socio-economic development of the society. This study also generated a lot of information on the nature and scope of women in politics in Nigeria in general and Southern Kaduna in particular both before and after1999.enOther