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SA Is Ranked 3rd For Women's Representation In Parliament

Published date: 
29 Apr 2009
Women's representation in the South African national assembly has jumped to 45% since the country's recent elections, giving South Africa a third place spot in the global women in parliament rankings.  

'I Don't Want Race Or Gender Bean-Counting'

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11 May 2009
Democratic Alliance leader and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has defended her appointment of an all-male, mostly white, provincial government executive.

Congress Closed to Indigenous Women

Published date: 
30 Apr 2009
Two indigenous female politicians in Mexico want to be the first "native" females in the Mexican Congress in July during the legislation elections. 

Towards Women’s Political Calvary

Published date: 
16 Apr 2009
"The 2009 elections present several political players with the opportunity to harness new ideas and create a new imagination. The extent to which this imagination is visible is disappointing. A glance at the various manifestoes presents us with the coded language of victimhood, rhetoric or the objectification of women and their unique social, economic and cultural circumstances" - Liepollo Lebohang Pheko

“100% Zulu Boy”: Jacob Zuma And The Use Of Gender In The Run-up To South Africa’s 2009 Election

Published date: 
20 Apr 2009
"In a context of heightened political contestation, party campaigns in the run-up to South Africa's fourth democratic election on 22 April 2009 election featured attempts to mobilise identities with discourses of intolerance" - Christi van der Westhuizen

Women Meet To Discuss Achieving Gender Parity

Published date: 
7 Dec 2008

Women in government and non-governmental organisations met at the weekend to deliberate on how best to achieve the acceleration of gender parity ahead of next year's elections.

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