... theory to explain women's leadership in Nigeria's dual governance system. It introduces the quiet institutional change framework, showing how change occurs through relational, everyday practices rather than formal reforms alone. By incorporating Ekeh's “two publics” and Ubuntu leadership, it advances...

... regularly to ensure their continued operation. Originality/value The originality of this research lies in providing new empirical insights into the role and identity of women's leadership in the public domain. By advancing a critical analysis of various “vectors of oppressions”, gender, class...

... participation in democracy and gender equality. To capture an underexplored avenue, this study examined the causal relationships between political freedom and women's leadership and political participation. Design/methodology/approach In this quantitative study, we used five statistical procedures: (1...