TY - BOOK AU - Bauer,Gretchen AU - Britton,Hannah Evelyn TI - Women in African parliaments SN - 1588264270 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - HQ1391.A35 W66 2006 U1 - 320/.082/096 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Boulder, Colo. PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Africa KW - Women legislators KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index; 1; Women in African parliaments : a continental shift?; Gretchen Bauer and Hannah E. Britton --; 2; Mozambique : empowering women through family law; Jennifer Leigh Disney --; 3; South Africa : mainstreaming gender in a new democracy; Hannah E. Britton --; 4; Namibia : losing ground without mandatory quotas; Gretchen Bauer --; 5; Uganda : agents of change for women's advancement?; Aili Mari Tripp --; 6; Rwanda : achieving equality or serving an authoritarian state?; Timothy Longman --; 7; Senegal : contending with religious constraints; Lucy Creevey --; 8; The virtuous circle of representation : women in African parliaments; Shireen Hassim UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005018517.html ER -