I will be writing this post in a holistic manner looking at all sides of the table rather than with a biased understanding. Before I continue, let me share an experience of a friend who has been expecting a promotion for the past 3 years in a company in Nigeria but has been denied every time she is on the list.
She thought it was because her contributions weren't enough but sincerely this friend of mine is a workaholic and I often tell her to take a rest so it doesn't affect her work.... As a salesperson, she is always hitting her targets and exceeding them at her route but then the promotion doesn't seem to be hers. ....One day, she went to her boss and demanded why she hasn't been promoted, and her boss said how would she cope when she get married, that the business would be affected when she gets married. I will draw the curtain there with that story and will like to hear your own opinion on such a comment.
Gender inequality is something that is predominant in many nations especially in Africa seeing the way her forefathers and parents characterized women. They saw women as baby factories and kitchen staff, and so didn't attribute any importance to the female gender. In the past, sending a girl child to school was a big deal and a lot of parents who had the courage to do so were stigmatized. Thank Goodness we are far beyond that era, but even when we are, there are still a lot of roadblocks and limitations towards women, such as differences in wages and salaries compared to men, discrimination when it comes to holding certain positions both executive and political, and so on. In a world where both males and females can add immense value, it is very wrong to discriminate against one over the other because of their gender.