‘Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African Women Claiming their Space in Parliament

dc.contributor.author	Tamale, Sylvia
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-18T09:24:48Z
dc.date.available	2022-11-18T09:24:48Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.description.abstract	At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered 'glass ceiling' in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine the relationship of African women to parliament. In the first section, I look at women's involvement in politics in pre-colonial Africa, and then examine the barriers to women's political activity thrown up by colonialism. This history explains much about women's absence from contemporary African national assemblies. I then focus on one state - Uganda - looking closely at the policy of affirmative action there, and the reality of male bias, prejudice, and sexual harassment that women MPs confront when they manage to enter parliament.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Tamale, S. (2000). 'Point of order, Mr Speaker': African women claiming their space in parliament. Gender & -Development, 8(3), 8-15.https://doi.org/10.1080/741923783	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5335
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Gender & Development	en_US
dc.title	‘Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African Women Claiming their Space in Parliament	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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