Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- Gender experts, educators, and policymakers have urged the National Assembly to pass the bill that seeks to reserve some seats for women in the National Assembly.

In a video posted on YouTube on Thursday by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), experts from diverse fields discussed the barriers to implementing the bill and its potential to shape the future of women's political representation in Nigeria.

Titled, "A bill for an act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for seat reservation for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly; and for related matters," the proposed legislation is one of the most ambitious attempts yet to correct the imb...