Interrogating Young Women's Political Participation in Post-war Sierra Leone : final technical report (February 2011 – August 2013)
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2013-09
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Institute for Gender Research and Documentation (INGRADOC), University of Sierra Leone
Abstract
Even though youths formed the core of the rebel movement and comprise over 50% of the population, they have, post-war, remained marginalized and excluded from conventional processes of the state and have had little or no say in decisions that matter to them. The picture is worse for young women. The research seeks to understand factors that have enabled women’s participation thus far, as well as entrenched barriers impeding full participation in the political arena. Participants in the study contributed to its design and implementation.
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POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES, SIERRA LEONE, DEMOCRATIZATION, WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION, YOUTH