2007 At the Coalface: Gender & Local Government in Southern Africa

While a handful of countries had achieved the 30 percent target for women in parliament, the majority lagged behind. Governments had conveniently narrowed the focus down to political decision-making, ignoring the more difficult areas like the uniformed services and the private sector. Even then, key areas of political decision-making, like local government, hardly featured in the discourse.

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