This paper discusses the roles of women and the different factors
affecting their contributions to sustainable development. The paper
submits that the concept of gender within African development context
aligns with discrimination, derogation and violence against women. It
draws attention to Nigerians undevelopmental epistemology via gender
epistemology. It looks at the efforts made so far to redress the
imbalance from national and global perspective and posits that these
efforts are inadequate because women are still grossly
underrepresented in the national development. Therefore the paper
recommends the education of the girl-child in order to liberate women
from poverty and become more involved in political, social, and
economy of the nation. In short there should be a down-to- earth
application of gender equality to all stages of the life cycle of
developmental projects in Nigeria.