Especial newsletter, no. 1 : the quota process and impact research, 2011 - 2012 summary of findings
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2012
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Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Khartoum, SD
Abstract
The newsletter from the Ahfad University for Women (Sudan) provides a detailed review of the project regarding implementing a quota process for women representatives in parliament, as well as women’s political engagement including cultural and contextual obstacles. Some achievements of the project are: discourses initiated related to women’s political participation, gender justice and equality; the inclusion of the gender quota in electoral law (2008); and coalition/networking experiences in advocacy. Totalitarian rule is recognized as “a constraint.” The ruling party continued to dominate all state resources for campaign purposes while giving no support to other political parties.
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Arabic version available in IDRC Digital Library
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Bulletin or Newsletter
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Keywords
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS, WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION, WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION, POLITICAL POWER,, POLITICAL WILL, WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, PARLIAMENT, ADVOCACY, SUDAN, NORTH OF SAHARA