How and Why Women Legislators Miss Out on Legislative Leadership Roles: Gender Equality Policies and Legislative Influence in Kenya

Sidha, Zedekia; Shivachi, Taji Isindu; Magutu, Justine Mokeira

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“…But, as whistleblowing studies in African public administration show (Arszułowicz & Gasparski, 2017; Onyango, 2021), national laws take on realities of their own political contexts and, in most cases, have been applied in a relatively autocratic fashion. The result has constrained the realization of DHR‐PA aspects like creating a more representative bureaucracy and accountable local governments in most African countries (Onyango, 2019; Plagerson, 2023; Sidha et al., 2023). Another thing is that the pursuit of DHR‐PA in Africa revolves around the good governance agenda (a Western world‐value‐laden form of democratization and order of public authority) to realize people‐centered governing norms.…”

Section: Literature Review: African Public Administration and Its Dem...mentioning

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DHR‐PA—Democracy and human rights in public administration in Africa

Onyango

2024

Politics & Policy

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While public administration research has traditionally paid profound attention to democratic values in government‐citizen relations, public institutions are still wrestling with entrenching human rights norms today. This article's Democracy and Human Rights in Public Administration (DHR‐PA) perspective offers a view that a human rights‐anchored reforms agenda may assist with setting the much‐needed tone for realizing democratic norms in African administrative contexts where society is still dealing with extreme forms of human rights abuses. It operationalizes institutional nuances and qualities of democratic and human rights values using Afrobarometer's Round 9 dataset for Namibia, Kenya, and Nigeria. Results show that human rights proclivities of African public administration remain subtle and nebulous despite more targeted DHR‐PA reforms and the creation of institutions like human rights commissions and administrative justice agencies. Overall, for democracy to work, African public administration must acquire and entrench human rights norms and values in its engagements with citizens.Related ArticlesKahn‐Nisser, Sara. 2018. “Constructive Criticism: Shaming, Incentives, and Human Rights Reforms.” Politics & Policy 46(1): 58–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12240.Zavala de Alba, Luis Eduardo. 2012. “Toward an International Implementation of Public Policies in Human Rights: A Necessary Step in Every Democratization Process for Advancements in Economic and Social Rights.” Politics & Policy 40(5): 783–801. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2012.00385.x.Nchofoung, Tii, Simplice Asongu, Vanessa Tchamyou, and Ofeh Edoh. 2022. “Gender, Political Inclusion, and Democracy in Africa: Some Empirical Evidence.” Politics & Policy 51(1): 137–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12505.

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Section: Literature Review: African Public Administration and Its Dem...mentioning

confidence: 99%

DHR‐PA—Democracy and human rights in public administration in Africa

Onyango

2024

Politics & Policy

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How and Why Women Legislators Miss Out on Legislative Leadership Roles: Gender Equality Policies and Legislative Influence in Kenya

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DHR‐PA—Democracy and human rights in public administration in Africa

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