Women in African Parliaments / / ed. by Hanna E. Britton, Gretchen Bauer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bauer, Gretchen,; Britton, Hannah E.,; Creevey, Lucy,; Disney, Jennifer Leigh,; Hassim, Shireen,; Longman, Timothy,; Tripp, Aili Mari,
• HerausgeberIn: Bauer, Gretchen,; Britton, Hanna E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Map of Africa --; 1 Women in African Parliaments: A Continental Shift? --; 2 Mozambique: Empowering Women Through Family Law --; 3 South Africa: Mainstreaming Gender in a New Democracy --; 4 Namibia: Losing Ground Without Mandatory Quotas --; 5 Uganda: Agents of Change for Women’s Advancement? --; 6 Rwanda: Achieving Equality or Serving an Authoritarian State? --; 7 Senegal: Contending with Religious Constraints --; 8 The Virtuous Circle of Representation: Women in African Parliaments --; Appendix: Interviews with Four African Women Parliamentarians --; Acronyms and Abbreviations --; References --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626371255; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626371255
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Hanna E. Britton, Gretchen Bauer.

Working together across religious, ethnic, and class divisions, African women are helping to formulate legislation and foster democracies more inclusive of womens' 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.