MARTHA NUSSBAUM'S CAPABILITIES APPROACH AS A FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND GENDER JUSTICE (original) (raw)

The aim of the study is to provide a philosophical underpinning for an account of basic constitutional principles that should be respected and implemented by the Government of Nigeria at all levels, as a bare minimum of what social justice and respect for human dignity requires. The objectives are to identify an approach that recognizes and promotes the idea of human dignity and inviolability of human person; to evaluate Martha Nussbaum’s capabilities approach as a foundation for women’s rights and gender justice, and contrast it with extant frameworks in the search for social justice while proposing capabilities approach as a framework in drafting laws and framing public policy which promote women rights and gender justice.