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dc.contributor.authorAbdullah, Hussaina J.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-11T17:06:02Z
dc.date.available2016-01-11T17:06:02Z
dc.date.issued01/09/2010en
dc.identifier.citationAbdullah, H., J. (2010) Forging Ahead without an Affirmative Action Policy: Female Politicians in Sierra Leone's Post?War Electoral Process. IDS Bulletin 41(5): 62-71en
dc.identifier.issn1759-5436en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/7856
dc.description.abstractIn contemporary post?conflict Sierra Leone, women have managed to secure 13.5 per cent of seats in parliament – without affirmative action in place, thanks to women's groups' and coalitions' mobilisation and activism. While the political resistance to Sierra Leone having a quota was high, the women's movement has succeeded in forcing the political parties and the government to recognise that it is no longer politically viable to sidestep women's rights, should they wish to capitalise on women's voting power. As women's organisations, in particular the 50/50 group, continue the struggle to introduce a quota, the challenge for Sierra Leonean women is how to ensure that the quota project is not hijacked by the male?dominated political establishment. To this aim, this article examines the ongoing efforts to politically consciencise women parliamentarians, society and political parties.en
dc.format.extent10en
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 41 Nos. 5en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.titleForging Ahead without an Affirmative Action Policy: Female Politicians in Sierra Leone's Post?War Electoral Processen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holder© 2010 The Author. Journal compilation © Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00167.xen


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