larger examination of social policy issues we see that welfare was rarely meant to remedy the structural crunch of poverty …

gender inequality is more pronounced across the region, location and in some sectors of employment than the others …Purpose This paper aims to shed light on gender inequality in Nigeria exploring new available data. It makes a case for … direction of gender inequality and show the pattern of inequality. Also, sectoral trends are obtained by analyzing and examining …

is the 'pure' female-breadwinner couple, in which the woman is in employment and the man is not. Pure female … are typically low-educated and have significantly lower average earnings than pure male breadwinners. The second type is … the 'one-and-a-half' female breadwinner model, in which the woman is in full-time employment and the man works part-time. …

-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. EPW is measured with the female labour force participation and employment rates …