Women and Political Participation

Conway, M. Margaret

doi:10.1017/s1049096501000385

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“…Women political participation has been intricately linked to the economic development; the more developed a country, the likely women would take part in politics (Conway, 2001;Norris & Inglehart, 2001). Based on this analogy, the gap between men and women could be wide in Kenya where there is low development, high corruption and political violence.…”

Section: Politics In Kenyamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Modernization with its accompanying industrialisation has been found to be a breakthrough to encourage the participation of women in public offices (Conway, 2001). As women assume more public roles, they become visible in an influential positions which is likely to result in their increased participation in the political process (Barton, 2005;Foulds, 2014;Yiapan, 2002).…”

Section: Women and Political Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The interviews were conducted between June and September 2016 using a semi-structured interviewed which was developed from the literature (Boulanger, 2008;Conway, 2001;Norris & Inglehart, 2001;Paxten & Hughes, 2007). Semi-structured interview guide involved the use of predetermined questions developed by the researchers to gather perspectives from participants (DiCioo-Bloom & Crabtree, 2006).…”

Section: Procedures Of Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Women in politics in Kenya: an analysis of participation and barriers

Opoku

Anyango²,

Alupo³

2018

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Women constitute more than half of the world’s population but their representation in the political arena has consistently been lower compared to men. Since representation is important in the allocation of resources, laws have been passed to guarantee gender parity in decision-making. In Kenya, the 2010 Constitution introduced a two-third gender rule to enhance parity in legislative bodies at both lower and national legislative bodies. From a sociological perspective, this paper assessed the extent of participation of women in the political development of Kenya. The qualitative study used interviews to analyse the contribution of women in politics. In all, 30 key informants, made up of 11 males and 19 females, were purposively recruited for the study. The study found that there were hindrances to women’s effective political participation which included; political environment characterized by violence propaganda, discrimination based on gender and lack of support from fellow women. The study and its implication for policymaking has been discussed extensively.

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Section: Politics In Kenyamentioning

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Women in politics in Kenya: an analysis of participation and barriers

Opoku

Anyango²,

Alupo³

2018

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“…Foremost, these include women's broadened access to education and the job market. In fact, women in most European and North American countries had already participated at an equal level with men in the 1980s and 1990s (Christy 1987;Conway et al 2005;Norris 2003). …”

Section: The Gender Gap In Electoral Behaviourmentioning

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Gender Gap and Turnout in the 2003 Federal Elections

Engeli

Ballmer-Cao

Giugni

2006

Swiss Political Science Review

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We examine the gender gap in turnout in Switzerland by analysing the 2003 federal elections. Despite being a standard component in electoral studies, the gender variable is, in most cases, only used as a control variable and its effects and interaction are too often under-analysed. We focus on individual-level factors by looking at three types of explanations for the gender gap: (1) resources, (2) political motivations and attitudes, and (3) social capital and integration. Our analysis, based on binomial logistic regression models, shows that compositional and conditional effects play an important role in explaining the persistent gender gap in Swiss electoral turnout.

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“…One, various significant factors have been identified to be responsible for participation levels of women ranging from gender orientation, education and age (Vecchionne andCaprara, 2009). Corroboratively, Verba et al (1995) claimed that education is a dynamic predictor of political participation while Conway (2001) stressed that, although gender gaps in political participation are shrinking, male population is still more actively engaged than females.…”

Section: Factors Influencing Low Level Of Women's Political Participamentioning

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Patriotism, Political Participation and Women’s Rights: A Critical Analysis of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Ihemeje¹

2016

JPL

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Nigeria is known for recognizing and rewarding veritable achievements of her women in different endeavors. Despite their high demonstration of patriotism, the paper argues that attention given to women's political rights is inadequate in Nigeria's fourth democratic republic; resulting to low political participation and poor electoral outcome. This paper relies heavily on secondary sources of data collection and conduct of comparative analysis. It identifies factors influencing low political participation among, and concludes that if those low influencing factors are not effectively addressed, it could weaken their sense of national patriotism in the long run.

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Women and Political Participation

Cited by 80 publications

References 6 publications

Women in politics in Kenya: an analysis of participation and barriers

Women in politics in Kenya: an analysis of participation and barriers

Gender Gap and Turnout in the 2003 Federal Elections

Patriotism, Political Participation and Women’s Rights: A Critical Analysis of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

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