Mupfeka, Loveness (2008) Participation of Rural Women in Local Governance in Murewa District, Zimbabwe: Women Walking Political Paths. Masters thesis, University of Zimbabwe.
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Abstract
The writer of this dissertation, a local NGO officer, uses her inside knowledge of the Murewa Rural District Council (“MRDC”) to explore, through the increased participation of women councillors, the potential for their own personal development and that of the district, in general. She collects and analyses a wide range of data utilising several women-centred methodologies (including the Women’s Law and Grounded Theory Approaches) in order to reveal the ‘lived realities’ of several women councillors which, in turn, points to the legal, social, economic and other contexts between which they juggle their private and public lives. In order for Zimbabwe to comply with its international human rights obligations to improve women’s political rights, she suggests, inter alia, the limited use of quota systems and gender-sensitive political education programmes.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2015 06:10 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2015 06:10 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/286 |
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