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By:\u00a0Dr. Awino Okech<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first in a series of three African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF) primers entitled Feminist Perspectives on Governance, Peace and Security. The primers are intended to:<\/p>\n

1. Offer a review of the major debates on women, governance, peace and security in Africa.
\n2. Review and analyse women\u2019s movements\u2019 interventions in governance, peace and security.
\n3. Offer a set of policy and advocacy priorities based on political and practical realities.
\n4. Benefit women\u2019s rights activists, organisations and people in government at the front line of local and national mobilisation initiatives seeking to enhance women\u2019s leadership.
\n5. Assist in building alliances and structuring support across various institutions working towards enhancing women\u2019s political participation.<\/p>\n

This particular primer\u00a0maps key areas of feminist analysis and intervention in governance. Based on existing research on the major factors that hinder women\u2019s political participation, emphasis is placed on electoral systems, political parties, quotas and national constitutional mechanisms. These are also areas where the impact of the women\u2019s rights movement has been felt. This primer therefore assesses the ways in which women\u2019s participation in governance has been assured, the challenges arising from these approaches, and lessons therein. This primer is intended to benefit women\u2019s rights activists and organisations at the frontline of local and national mobilisation initiatives that seek to enhance women\u2019s leadership. We hope the primer is useful for building alliances and structuring support across various institutions working towards enhancing women\u2019s political participation.<\/p>\n

Primers One Statecraft & Persuing women’s rights in Africa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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