LEADER 04752nam 22006615 450 001 9910917796903321 005 20241212120804.0 010 $a9783031760518$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031760501 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-76051-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31827134 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31827134 035 $a(CKB)36976202400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-76051-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936976202400041 100 $a20241212d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWomen's Representation in African Politics $eBeyond Numbers /$fby Zainab Monisola Olaitan 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (246 pages) 225 1 $aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5781 311 08$aPrint version: Olaitan, Zainab Monisola Women's Representation in African Politics Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2025 9783031760501 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Women's political representation and its forms -- Chapter 3. Gender quotas and descriptive women's representation: Global and continental context.-Chapter 4. Theorizing the impact of women's political representation -- Chapter 5. Substantive representation of women in African politics: Issues and debates -- Chapter 6. Women's political representation in South Africa and Botswana -- Chapter 7. Gender-based violence and femicide as substantive women's representation -- Chapter 8. The impact of gender quotas on substantive women's representation in Botswana and South Africa -- Chapter 9. Conclusion. 330 $a"The book offers a comprehensive understanding of how quotas aid women's representation in African politics. The analysis on women parliamentarians is very detailed and it helps us to understand the perception of women parliamentarians and how they perform their duties in a system that fundamentally excludes them. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in quotas, women's representation in African politics and why the participation of women in politics is important for protecting women." -Yanga Malotana, Commissioner, Commission for Gender Equality, South Africa Does the election of more and more women into political offices mean that women's interests will be better protected? This question forms the background upon which this book is written as it forms a timely intervention concerning the clamour for increased women's representation in African politics. The book examines the relationship between gender quotas and gender-focused legislative/policy outcomes in the national Parliaments of South Africa and Botswana. By investigating the utility of gender quotas to ensure the substantive representation of women in African politics, the book engages the assumption that increased women's political participation will automatically improve the qualitative well-being of African women. The book is intended for both academic and non-academic audiences with differing purposes. It contributes to scholarly debates on the transcending relevance of quotas beyond numbers. For non-academics, it provides opportunities to engage gender quotas as a policy tool to ensure the qualitative well-being of African women. Zainab Monisola Olaitan is a Political Scientist working at the intersection of political philosophy, feminist thought and African politics with a focus on women's qualitative representation. She is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pretoria. 410 0$aAfrican Histories and Modernities,$x2634-5781 606 $aAfrica$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aWomen$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aAfrican History 606 $aModern History 606 $aWomen's History / History of Gender 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aPolitics and Gender 615 0$aAfrica$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aWomen$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 14$aAfrican History. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aWomen's History / History of Gender. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aPolitics and Gender. 676 $a320.082096 700 $aOlaitan$b Zainab Monisola$01780661 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910917796903321 996 $aWomen's Representation in African Politics$94304992 997 $aUNINA