(Book, p. 29). October 10 1) Amanda Gouws – Women as Political Participants: The Gender Gap in Voting (Readings, p. 277). Behavior. & Hassim. 2) Introduction: Women in Power in Uganda and South Africa, (Goetz p.1-28). WOMEN AS LEGISLATORS Week 8 October 15 – 1) Hassim, Participation and Democratic Shireen. (2003). “Representation, Effectiveness: Feminist Challenges to Representative Democracy in South (Goetz p. 81=109) Africa”, October 17 1) Gender, numbers and substance: Women parliamentarians and the ‘politics of in KwaZulu-Natal - Suzanne Francis; presence’ muse.jhu.edu/journals/transformation/v070/70.francis.pdf 2) The Politics of Engagement: Women Transforming the Policy Process – Domestic Violence Legislation in South Africa ((Goetz, p. 140). Week 9 October 22 – 1) Into the Trenches: Women Legislators and their constituencies (Readings - packet) October 24 2) Case Study: Rwanda. Rwanda: Women Hold Up Half the Parliament http://www.idea.int/publications/wip2/upload/Rwanda.pdf 3) Has Senegal's gender parity law for MPs helped women? http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/nov/15/senegal-gender-parity-law-mps-women Guidelines on writing term paper Week 10 October 29 – 1) of Increased Representation in Parliament: The Case of “The Effect Women’s Rwanda. Devlin, Claire and Robert Elgie: http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/content/61/2/237.full October 31 2) The The Campaign to Advance Property Rights in ‘Lost Clause’: Women’s the Uganda 1998 Land Act. (Goetz, p. 160) WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Second Quiz November 5 Week 11 November 5 – Democratizing Local Government: Problems and Opportunities in the Likhapha Mbatha, Advancement of Gender Equality in South Africa. November 7 2) Gender Equity and Local Democracy in Contemporary Uganda: Addressing the Challenge of Political Effectiveness in Local Government Women’s Josephine Ahikire. WOMEN AND ISLAM
(Book, p. 29). October 10 1) Amanda Gouws – Women as Political Participants: The Gender Gap in Voting Behavior. (Readings, p. 277). 2) Introduction: Women in Power in Uganda and South Africa, (Goetz & Hassim. p.1-28). WOMEN AS LEGISLATORS Week 8 – October 15 1) Hassim, Shireen. (2003). “Representation, Participation and Democratic Effectiveness: Feminist Challenges to Representative Democracy in South Africa”, (Goetz p. 81=109) October 17 1) Gender, numbers and substance: Women parliamentarians and the ‘politics of presence’ in KwaZulu-Natal - Suzanne Francis; muse.jhu.edu/journals/transformation/v070/70.francis.pdf 2) The Politics of Engagement: Women Transforming the Policy Process – Domestic Violence Legislation in South Africa ((Goetz, p. 140). Week 9 – October 22 1) Into the Trenches: Women Legislators and their constituencies (Readings - packet) October 24 2) Case Study: Rwanda. Rwanda: Women Hold Up Half the Parliament http://www.idea.int/publications/wip2/upload/Rwanda.pdf 3) Has Senegal's gender parity law for MPs helped women? http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/nov/15/senegal-gender-parity-law-mps-women Guidelines on writing term paper Week 10 – October 29 1) “The Effect of Increased Women’s Representation in Parliament: The Case of Rwanda. Devlin, Claire and Robert Elgie: http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/content/61/2/237.full October 31 2) The ‘Lost Clause’: The Campaign to Advance Women’s Property Rights in the Uganda 1998 Land Act. (Goetz, p. 160) WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Second Quiz November 5 Week 11 – November 5 Democratizing Local Government: Problems and Opportunities in the Advancement of Gender Equality in South Africa. Likhapha Mbatha, November 7 2) Gender Equity and Local Democracy in Contemporary Uganda: Addressing the Challenge of Women’s Political Effectiveness in Local Government Josephine Ahikire. WOMEN AND ISLAM
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