Title: Bringing women into local governance : a review of enabling mechanisms in South Africa

Authors: Hicks, Janine

Place: Oxford

Publisher: Oxford university press

Year: 2011

Journal: Community development journal

Volume: Vol. 46, No. 3

PAGE: 351--364

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, women in politics, poverty, institutional infrastructure, popular participation, south africa

Abstract: This article assesses South Africa's progress in establishing a constitutional and legislative framework for engaging women in participatory democracy. Recommendations are made to ensure that more poor women are engaged in local decision-making.

URL: http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/content/46/3/351.full.pdf+html

Document type: Portal