Women in African parliaments

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Title:

Women in African parliaments

Author:

Bauer, Gretchen, 1959-

ISBN:

9781588264275

Publication Information:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, c2006.

Physical Description:

viii, 237 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Women in African parliaments : a continental shift? / Gretchen Bauer and Hannah E. Britton -- Mozambique : empowering women through family law / Jennifer Leigh Disney -- South Africa : mainstreaming gender in a new democracy / Hannah E. Britton -- Namibia : losing ground without mandatory quotas / Gretchen Bauer -- Uganda : agents of change for women's advancement? / Aili Mari Tripp -- Rwanda : achieving equality or serving an authoritarian state? / Timothy Longman -- Senegal : contending with religious constraints / Lucy Creevey -- The virtuous circle of representation : women in African parliaments / Shireen Hassim.

Subject Term:

Women -- Political activity -- Africa.

Women legislators -- Africa.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- Politics and government.

Added Author:

Bauer, Gretchen, 1959-

Britton, Hannah Evelyn.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005018517.html

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Working together across religious, ethnic, and class divisions, African women are helping to formulate legislation and foster democracies more inclusive of women's interests. ""Women in African Parliaments"" explores this phenomenon, examining the impact and experiences of African women as they seek increased representation in national legislatures. The authors' carefully constructed case studies allow cross-national comparisons of the range of strategies that African women have used to achieve greater involvement in national politics. A unique feature of the work is the voices of African women themselves, who explain how they achieved or continue to fight for electoral success, how they learned to work with lifelong adversaries, and how they have begun to transform their parliaments.