Women in Politics and Decision Making in SADC
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Publisher: Southern African Development Community Gender Unit
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 168
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Author:
Publisher: Southern African Development Community Gender Unit
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 168
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julie Ballington
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 274
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis updated edition of Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers Handbook covers the ground of women's access to the legislature in three steps: It looks into the obstacles women confront when entering Parliament be they political, socio-economic or ideological and psychological. It presents solutions to overcome these obstacles, such as changing electoral systems and introducing quotas, and it details strategies for women to influence politics once they are elected to parliament, an institution which is traditionally male dominated. The first Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers handbook was produced as part of IDEA's work on women and political participation in 1998. Since its release in English in 1998, there has been an ongoing interest and demand for the handbook, and responding to the request for the translation of the handbook, IDEA has produced Spanish, French and Indonesian language versions and a Russian overview of the handbook during 2002-2003. Since the first handbook was published, the picture regarding women's political participation has slowly changed. Overall the past decade has seen gradual progress with regard to women's presence in national parliaments. This second edition incorporates relevant global changes in the past years presenting new and updated case studies.--
Author: Joana Foster
Publisher: Wildaf
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julie Ballington
Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9291423793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julie Ballington
Publisher: International IDEA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report examines women's political representation on the African continent, and shows how quotas have contributed to increasing their access to political power. The documented evidence from Africa is very encouraging: more than 20 countries on the continent either have legislated quotas or have political parties that have adopted them voluntarily. This report details the different quota types that are being implemented in different political contexts in 17 countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Author: Drude Dahlerup
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1134186525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first world-wide, comparative study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comprehensive overview of changes in women’s parliamentary representation across the world. This is important reading for all those working to increase women’s influence in politics, because it scrutinizes under what circumstances gender quotas do increase women’s representation – and why they sometimes fail. These distinguished international scholars also show how gender balance in politics has become important to a nation’s international image and why quotas are being introduced in many post-conflict countries. They present key case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Argentina, Sweden, South Africa, Belgium, covering almost all major regions of the world: Latin America, Africa, the Arab world, South Asia, the Balkans, The Nordic countries and Europe, New Zealand, Australia and the USA - and Rwanda, which in 2003 unexpectedly surpassed Sweden as the number one country in the world in terms of women’s parliamentary representation. Using a comparative perspective, this book contains analyses of the discursive controversies around quotas; it gives an overview over various types of quotas in use from candidate quotas to reserved seat systems, and it throws light over the troublesome implementation process. When do gender quotas lead to actual increase in the number of women parliament? When are quotas merely a symbolic gesture? What does it imply to be elected as a ‘quota woman’? Tackling these and many more key questions, this is a major new contribution to the field. Making an important contribution to our knowledge of gender politics worldwide, this book will be of interest to NGOs, students and scholars of democracy, policy-making, comparative politics and gender studies.
Author: International IDEA
Publisher: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Published: 2021-03-17
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9176713970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican countries are still far from achieving women’s equal and effective participation in political decision-making. Women constitute only 24 per cent of the 12,113 parliamentarians in Africa, 25 per cent in the lower houses, and 20 per cent in the upper houses of parliament. While local government is often hailed as a training ground for women in politics, women constitute a mere 21 per cent of councillors in the 19 countries for which complete data could be obtained. The Barometer is a key resource of the consortium Enhancing the Inclusion of Women in Political Participation in Africa (WPP) which aims to provide legislators and policymakers with data to assess progress in women’s political participation over time.
Author: Ann E. Towns
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-06-03
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0521768853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines momentous changes over the last century which have advanced women's status around the globe.
Author: Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2013-12-06
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 1849291098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen’s minimal leadership role in national and local political spheres remains a serious concern worldwide. The Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005–2015 calls on governments to introduce measures to promote at least 30 per cent representation of women in parliament, government and business. The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development describes the barriers to women’s political participation and explains why the contribution of women is so crucial to democracy. It identifies established strategies – electoral reform (New Zealand), party voluntary quotas (South Africa), and legislative quotas (Bangladesh and India) – that have helped these Commonwealth countries to meet the global target of 30 per cent and thus to effectively advance the participation of women in decision-making at all levels.