Articles about Electoral Systems
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Women ready to take up leadership roles in Lesotho
25 April 12
Regional relevance: Lesotho, South Africa
While women remain close to parity with 49.1% representation in local councils, the upcoming national elections may also bring an increase in women's representation in governance structures at the national level. Women and men will contest for parliamentary seats in the upcoming national elections on May 26. Women... [read more]
Namibia: Will Namibia reach the 5050 target in 2014 elections? Maybe with legislated quotas it will
11 March 12
The November 2009 national elections in Namibia witnessed a major backward slide as women representation in parliament dropped from 30.8% to 23.2%. This is despite the fact that the country has not only signed but ratified the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development which... [read more]
Women in Parliament: Beyond numbers (A revised edition)
17 November 11
Regional relevance: International, South Africa
This updated edition of Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers Handbook covers the ground of women's access to the legislature in three steps: It looks into the obstacles women confront when entering Parliament - be they political, socio-economic or ideological and psychological. It presents solutions to overcome these... [read more]
Designing for equality: best-fit, medium-fit and non-favourable combinations of electoral systems and gender quotas
09 November 11
Regional relevance: International
Today, the average proportion of women members of parliaments stands at a mere 17.2 per cent. Only 19 countries in the world have achieved the goal of 30+ per cent women's representation in national legislatures, a goal which was adopted by the Beijing Process in 1995. There are two important variables that affect... [read more]
Sikhonzile Ndlovu
28 March 11
"As a media student I never used to think or see anything wrong with media until I did the media literacy course with Gender Links. I did not know how to use a map book. After the course I was able to design and publish training and pamphlets. Through the IT training I learnt how to use the computer, photoshop,... [read more]
Policy Brief 2: 50/50 by 2015? Women in Politics in Southern Africa
23 July 10
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
One of the key targets in the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development is 50% women in all areas of decision-making by 2015. Progress towards equal representation of women in political decisionmaking over the past ten years has been slow and uneven. This policy brief places the SADC region in the global context,... [read more]
Electoral systems and gender in Southern Africa
01 May 09
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
The article focuses on electoral systems in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and assesses which systems are more conducive to increasing the number of women in parliaments. Analysis of the two systems, First Past the Post (FPTP), used in countries such as Zimbabwe, and Proportional Representation... [read more]
Gender quotas win the day
02 April 07
Regional relevance: Lesotho
Maseru, 2 April: You imagine people who challenge the State in the High Court to be affluent, urban and well known. Yet finding Tsepo Molefe, the man who made history by challenging Lesotho’s legislated 30 percent quota for women in local government takes a two-hour drive out of the capital city Maseru, in among... [read more]
Lesotho elections: SADC Chair needs to live up to gender commitment
15 March 07
Regional relevance: Lesotho
When Lesotho went to the polls on 17 February, voter turn out was high. Women’s participation increased significantly since the last election, yet is still far from the 50% target set by the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [read more]
Measuring Democratic Governance: a Framework for Selecting Pro-Poor and Gender Sensitive Indicators
01 May 06
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