Aili Mari Tripp

African Women's Movements (eBook, PDF)

Transforming Political Landscapes

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511474248
• Artikelnr.: 38214208

Autorenporträt

Isabel Casimiro is the coordinator of the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique. She also coordinates the Woman's Program at the university's Center of African Studies and was formerly a member of parliament in Mozambique. She is author of Paz na Terra, Guerra em Casa: Feminismo e Organizações de Mulheres em Moçambique (2004) and other works related to the women's movement in Mozambique.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Historic influences on contemporary women's movements
3. The rise of the new women's movements
4. The challenge of new women's movements
5. Women's movements and constitutional and legislative challenges
6. In pursuit of equal political representation
7. Engendering the state bureaucracy
8. Women's movements negotiating peace
9. Conclusions.