Women in African parliaments

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This book examines the role of women in African parliaments. It explores how African women are helping to formulate legislation and foster democracies more inclusive of women's interests. The six case studies (Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal) allow cross-national comparisons of the range of strategies that African women have used to achieve greater involvement in national politics. Inlcuded are also interviews with four African women parliamentarians. Content: Gretchen Bauer and Hannah E. Britton: Women in African Parliaments: A Continental Shift? (S. 1); Jennifer Leigh Disney: Mozambique: Empowering Women Through Family Law (S. 31); Hannah E. Britton: South Africa: Mainstreaming Gender in a New Democracy (S. 59); Gretchen Bauer: Namibia: Losing Ground Without Mandatory Quotas (S. 85); Aili Mari Trip: Uganda: Agents of Change for Women's Advancement? (S. 111); Timothy Longman:: Rwanda: Achieving Equality or Serving an Authoritarian State? (S. 133); Lucy Creevey: Senegal: Contending with Religious Constraints (S. 151); Shireen Hassim: The Virtuous Circle of Representation: Women in African Parliaments (S. 171); Appendix Interviews with Four African Women MPs (S. 187)