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Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

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The Marginalised Majority: Zimbabwe’s Women in Rural Local Government

Much has been written about gender and the involvement of women in politics, and convention upon convention has been written to address gender inequalities. But hitherto, in Africa, it has all been much ado about nothing. In Zimbabwe, and indeed many other countries, local government elections are open for all to vote and be voted […]

Electoral System Reform and Implications for Gender Equality

This paper examines the impact of an electoral system on women’s participation in electoral politics and their representation in the legislature. It advances the argument that while the nature of an electoral system influences the degree of women’s representation other factors also play a role. Upon independence in 1966 Lesotho adopted the first-past-the-post system. This […]

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