The Implementation of Quotas: African Experiences
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Published: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 131
ISBN: 91-85391-17-4
Binding: Paperback
Editor: Julie Ballington
Contributors: Gihan Abou-Zeid, Alcinda Antonio De Abreu, Julie Ballington, Brigalia Bam, Sheila Bunwaree, Drude Dahlerup, Liz Frank, Judith Kanakuze, Aminata Faye Kassé, Bookie Kethusegile-Juru, Colleen Lowe Morna
Mary Maboreke, Ruth Meena, Doris Mpoumou, Mavivi Myakayaka Manzini, Rumbidzai Nhundu, Rachida Tahri, Sylvia Tamale, Aili Mari Tripp and Lulama Xingwana
This report examines women’s political representation on the African continent, and shows how quotas have contributed to increasing women’s access to political power. Gender quotas are now increasingly viewed as an important policy measure for boosting women’s access to decision-making bodies throughout the world. Experience from Africa is very encouraging: over 20 countries on the continent either have legislated quotas or political parties that have adopted them voluntarily. This report illustrates the different quota types that are being implemented in different political contexts.
The report includes 17 regional and country case studies. The country case studies include Egypt, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
About IDEA's Project and this Report
1. Quota Systems: An Overview of Global Trends and Continental Analysis
2. Introducing Quotas in Africa: Discourses and Legal Reform
3. Political Party Quotas in Practice
4. Overview of Quotas in Africa
5. Quotas in Practice: Challenges to Implementation and Enforcement
6. Quotas, Democracy and Governance
7. Conclusion
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