When Hens Begin to Crow: Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda FROM THE PUBLISHER
In this fascinating study, based on in-depth interviews with both male and female parliamentarians, women in nongovernmental organizations, and rural residents of Uganda, Sylvia Tamale explores how women's participation in Ugandan politics has unfolded and what the impact has been for gender equity. The book examines how women have adapted their legislative strategies for empowerment in light of Uganda's patriarchal history and social structure. The author also looks at the consequences and implications of women's parliamentary participation as a result of affirmative action handed down by the state, rather than pushed up from a grassroots movement.
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Addressing a perceived gap in studies of women in postcolonial Africa, Tamale (law, Makerere U., Kampala, Uganda) investigates how gender affects women in contemporary Ugandan politics. The author was inspired by the "herstories"(oral histories) of pioneers of the Ugandan women's movement, and by a 1989 affirmative action policy guaranteeing the election of a minimum number of women representatives to the national legislature. She places the interviews with female and male legislators and feminist activists in the context of sociohistory and female empowerment strategies. Appends a glossary of African terms and reflections on methodology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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