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'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

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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. 

Women Rule Provinces, Men Dominate Politics

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2 May 2009

Women are going to be premiers in five South African provinces but men still dominate national politics.

Black Women Fill Fewer Leadership Roles, Says BWA

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17 Apr 2009
A census released by the Business Women's Association (BWA) in April has indicated that the percentage of black female directors has decreased.   

Kenyan Women Hit Men With Sex Ban

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29 Apr 2009
Women's activist groups in Kenya have slapped their partners with a week-long sex ban in protest over the infighting plaguing the national unity government.

Era Of Hope For Women

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4 May 2009
The struggle for gender justice will not be won solely by appointing women to influential positions. It would also be to straightjacket these women to expect them to forever represent the views of women - Sowetan 

For Immediate Release: South Africa Soars To Third Place In Global Women In Parliament Ranking

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28 Apr 2009
South Africa has soared from 17th to 3rd place in the global ranking of women in parliament following the 22 April elections that saw an 11% increase in women's representation in the national assembly from 34% to 45%.  Only Rwanda (56%) and Sweden (47%) are now ahead of South Africa.

More Women Set To Serve In Parliament

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28 Apr 2009
Parliament looks set to have an almost equal mix of men and women when it re-opens on May 6, although the ANC may yet reshuffle the names on its list.

Towards Women’s Political Calvary

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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

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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
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