Abstract
A Constitution proclaims the rule of law and the fundamental ideals of freedom, justice, equality and participatory system of governance upon which any nation is built. Hence, the Constitution seeks to implement the rule of law and governs the legitimacy of actions carried out in any society. This implies that all actions can only be premised on pre-fixed legal rules. These pre-fixed rules frown at the discrimination of any individual on the basis of sex, gender, religious or ethnicity. However, it is observable that despite the legal and institutional frameworks guiding and protecting every citizen in Nigeria from discrimination, women’s rights are repressed and there is gross inequality which is a total shift from what is obtainable in any known democratic state. Although Nigeria is a signatory to some regional and international laws seeking to protect women, these international laws are not infused into our local laws thereby still granting the Constitution, prerogative over them. There is a dire need to strengthen the judiciary which has the arduous task to implement the laws where the institutions protecting these rights fail to carry out their duties.