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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Women in public life"”.
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Pathways to public life for professional women in Afghanistan: Negotiating shifting patriarchal political regimes and gender regimes
This thesis examines how Afghan women from the professional social class have negotiated the patriarchy in that country and claimed their agency and public life during different political regimes. Resisting the Western representation of Afghan women as passive victims, it uses the life story …
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Pathways to public life for professional women in Afghanistan: Negotiating shifting patriarchal political regimes and gender regimes
This thesis examines how Afghan women from the professional social class have negotiated the patriarchy in that country and claimed their agency and public life during different political regimes. Resisting the Western representation of Afghan women as passive victims, it uses the life story …
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The place of women in the political sphere: a comparative study of Cameroon and South Africa
This thesis compared the status of women's political participation in Cameroon and South Africa through an assessment conducted against the backdrop key of international, regional and national human rights standards. The aim of this thesis was not only, to be conscious of women's absence in …
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Women Parliamentarians perceptions of political influence in the South African Parliament
In this study, I examine how women Parliamentarians understand their political influence within the South African Parliament and what environmental factors contribute to this understanding. Currently, South Africa is a global leader for the amount of women in Parliament and has been since the 1994 …
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The impact of culture on the right of women to participate in public affairs : a comparative analysis of Swazi and Buganda Kingdoms
… time patriarchial African societies have denied women their rightful place in public life. There are certain cultural practices within these patriarchal societies, which impede the realisation of the human rights of women. Such cultural practices have impacted on the division of power and …