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245 0 0 _aAfrican women's movements: transforming political landscapes
_btransforming political landscapes /
_cAili Mari Tripp ... [et al.].
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _axvi, 263 p.
505 0 _aHistoric influences on contemporary women's movements -- The rise of the new women's movements -- The challenge of new women's movements -- Women's movements and constitutional and legislative challenges -- In pursuit of equal political representation -- Engendering the state bureaucracy -- Women's movements negotiating peace. -- African women's movements and the world
520 8 _a"Women entered the political scene in Africa after the 1990s, claiming more than one third of the parliamentary seats in countries like Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi. Women in Rwanda hold the highest percentage of legislative seats in the world. Women's movements lobbied for constitutional reforms and new legislation to expand women's rights. This book examines the convergence of factors behind these dramatic developments, including the emergence of autonomous women's movements, changes in international and regional norms regarding women's rights and representation, the availability of new resources to advance women's status, and the end of civil conflict. The book focuses on the cases of Cameroon, Uganda, and Mozambique, situating these countries in the broader African context. The authors provide a fascinating analysis of the way in which women are transforming the political landscape in Africa."
650 0 _aFeminism
_zAfrica.
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650 6 _aFéminisme
_zAfrique.
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650 0 _aWomen's rights
_zAfrica.
_9856
650 6 _aFemmes
_xDroits
_zAfrique.
_9857
650 0 _aWomen
_xPolitical activity.
_9858
650 6 _aFemmes en politique.
_9859
650 7 _aFemmes et politique
_zAfrique.
_2ram
_9860
650 7 _aFéminisme
_zAfrique.
_2ram
_9861
651 7 _aAfrika.
_2gtt
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700 1 _aTripp, Aili Mari.
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