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FAILURE OF 50/50 FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN ZAMBIAN PARLIAMENT
Sara Hlupekile Longwe Women are lowly represented in all decision making positions because of the entrenched belief of male supremacy (patriarchy) in our Zambian constitutions, customs, traditions, religions, politics and practices. Thus, any woman who tries to enter into politics faces all of these forms of patriarchal discrimination against women. For example, in the 2011 […]
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Rocky Road From Beijing
August 13, 2014
The Rocky Road from Beijing Sara Hlupekile Longwe Three years before the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women I happened to be at a meeting in Vienna where the venue for the conference was being discussed. Beijing had been proposed but this was vehemently opposed by many of the Western delegates. They argued that […]
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“Against the Law: Indigenous Feminism and the Nation-State”
October 11, 2013
Against the Law: Indigenous Feminism and the Nation-State Andrea Smith[i][1] Abstract The Native feminist theorizing advocated in thus article points to the importance of looking at Native organizing and Native Studies – and by extension ethnic studies as well – as going beyond an intellectual commitment to a politics of […]
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First Woman to Head SADC Secretariat
September 20, 2013
Southern African News Features SANF 13 no 32, September 2013 ___________________________________________ Ready to take the integration agenda forward – new SADC chief SADC has appointed a new Executive Secretary, Dr Stergomena L. Tax from the United Republic of Tanzania. Tax is no stranger to regional integration, which is the cornerstone of the development agenda […]
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Women in Cabinet Around the World
September 17, 2013
NB: Zambia with 4 full women cabinet ministers would be between Zimbabwe and Egypt in the graph above.
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Zimbabwean Women Protest Low Number of Cabinet Slots
September 16, 2013
Zimbabwean Women Protest Low Number of Cabinet Slots Sebastian Mhofu September 12, 2013 HARARE — Women’s groups in Zimbabwe have responded angrily to President Robert Mugabe’s decision to appoint just three women to his 26-seat Cabinet. Defending his decision, Mugabe says women must do better in elections to be eligible for Cabinet posts. Women say the […]
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Botswana Women Win Landmark Right to Inherit Under Customary Law
September 16, 2013
Botswana Women Win Landmark Right to Inherit Under Customary Law By Lisa Anderson, 4 September 2013 Photo: World Bank A woman holds her baby in Botswana. A Botswana court made history Tuesday by upholding the right of women to inherit under customary law and rejecting the tradition of males as sole heirs, according to […]
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Martha Karua Accepts Kenyan Election Results
March 9, 2013
Martha Karua Accepts Kenyan Election Results.
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Martha Karua Accepts Kenyan Election Results
March 9, 2013
Martha Karua I and my Running mate Hon. Lotodo, wish to formally congratulate Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, the President Elect of the Republic of Kenya together with his running mate Hon william Ruto. Kenyans have spoken and we respect their decision. We had pledged to abide by the results of the electoral process and hereby […]
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Truth About Rape
January 12, 2013
Op-Ed Contributor I Was Wounded; My Honor Wasn’t By SOHAILA ABDULALI Published: January 7, 2013 THIRTY-TWO years ago, when I was 17 and living in Bombay, I was gang raped and nearly killed. Three years later, outraged at the silence and misconceptions around rape, I wrote a fiery essay under my own name describing my […]
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