Where there is power, women are not: rethinking women and politics in Tanzania

Makulilo, Alexander B.

dc.creator	Makulilo, Alexander B.
dc.date	2020-03-20T08:12:39Z
dc.date	2020-03-20T08:12:39Z
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T12:01:01Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T12:01:01Z
dc.identifier	Makulilo, A. (2020). “Where there is power, women are not”: Rethinking women and politics in Tanzania. The African Review, 46(2), 349-365.
dc.identifier	1821-889X
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.1163/1821889X-12340005
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2251
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2251
dc.description	Full Text Article. Also available at: https://brill.com/view/journals/tare/46/2/article-p349_5.xml
dc.description	The exclusion of women from politics is a historical and worldwide phenomenon. Evidently, the existing records within decision-making organs reveal significant under-representation of women. However, this state of affairs is neither natural nor unchanging. It must be noted that women suffer this political exclusion irrespective of the fact that they are demographically the majority in terms of population worldwide and in most individual countries. Tanzania is not distinct from this worldwide trend. Despite the fact that it is a signatory to several normative frameworks that seek for the inclusion of women in major decision-making organs, the actual situation is still critical. Using the public-private dichotomy, I note that the legal framework, nature of political parties, electoral system and economic position of women are central in explaining the exclusion of women from major decision organs.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Brill Publishers
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Representation
dc.subject	Women
dc.subject	Power
dc.subject	Gender
dc.subject	Decision-making organs
dc.subject	Political parties
dc.title	Where there is power, women are not: rethinking women and politics in Tanzania
dc.type	Article