Women in African parliaments - Bauer, Gretchen, 1959-; Britton, Hannah Evelyn (Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006)
Women in African parliaments : a continental shift? / Gretchen Bauer and Hannah E. Britton -- Mozambique : empowering women through family law / Jennifer Leigh Disney -- South Africa : mainstreaming gender in a new democracy / Hannah E. Britton -- Namibia : losing ground without m andatory quotas / Gretchen Bauer -- Uganda : agents of change for women 's advancement? / Aili Mari Tripp -- Rwanda : achieving equality or ser ving an authoritarian state? / Timothy Longman -- Senegal : contending with religious constraints / Lucy Creevey -- The virtuous circle of rep resentation : women in African parliaments / Shireen Hassim.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.
Keywords: Women -- Political activity -- Africa; Women legislators -- Africa; Africa -- Politics and government