Title:	Exploring Radio Messages towards Women Mobilisation and Participation in Politics in Abuja, Nigeria
Author(s):	Raymond Udosen Asuquo
Abstract:	The study sets out to explore radio messages towards women mobilisation and participation in politics in Abuja, Nigeria. The study utilised the agenda setting and social responsibility theories. It collected data from 300 respondents through the use of the survey research design and availability sampling method. Findings revealed among others that the women had high exposure to women political programmes on radio. Data further showed that the programmes highly influenced the women to always come out and participate in political activities. It was concluded that radio was important in educating and encouraging women to get involved in politics. The researcher recommended among others that media should continue to feature women in its programmes as this makes lead to actualisation of goal five (gender equality) of the Sustainable Deve lopment Goa ls (SDGs) of the Unit ed Na tions.
Keywords:	Radio, women, participation, politics, mobilisation
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