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About this book
Does the election of more and more women into political offices mean that women's interests will be better protected? This question forms the background upon which this book is written as it forms a timely intervention concerning the clamour for increased women's representation in African politics.The book examines the relationship between gender quotas and gender-focused legislative/policy outcomes in the national Parliaments of South Africa and Botswana. By investigatingthe utility of gender quotas to ensure the substantive representation of women in African politics, thebook engages the assumption that increased women's political participation will automatically improve the qualitative well-being of African women.The book is intended for both academic and non-academic audiences with differing purposes. It contributes to scholarly debates on the transcending relevance of quotas beyond numbers. For non-academics, it provides opportunities to engage gender quotas as a policy tool to ensure the qualitative well-being of African women.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Womenâs Political Representation and Its Different Forms
- 3. Gender Quotas and Descriptive Womenâs Representation: Global and Continental Context
- 4. Theorising the Impact of Womenâs Political Representation
- 5. Substantive Representation of Women in African Politics: Issues and Debates
- 6. Womenâs Political Representation in South Africa and Botswana
- 7. Gender-Based Violence and Femicide as Substantive Womenâs Representation
- 8. Impact of Gender Quotas on Substantive Womenâs Representation: Perspectives from Botswana and South Africa
- 9. General Conclusion
- Back Matter