Nigeria, April 7 -- "Let every Nigerian-regardless of gender-feel safe, valued, and empowered to serve. Let us work together, not against each other, to preserve the dignity of our democracy."

Recent international coverage surrounding Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan's claims against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has cast Nigeria in a negative light-portraying our political space as hostile, regressive, and oppressive toward women. While every democratic society must acknowledge and address concerns of injustice or impropriety, it is equally essential that we avoid generalizations and narratives that risk unfairly maligning the nation, its institutions, and its people.

Contrary to what some may suggest, many Nigerian male polit...