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Title: "Even if they are going to fail, we are going to fail with them": The hopes and realities of women's suffrage under the 2010 Constitution
Contributor(s): Kenny, Christina  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2016-02
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52918
Open Access Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20170214203247/http://afsaap.org.au/conference/conference-2015/Open Access Link
Abstract: 

Introduction

One of the greatest hopes of the 2010 Kenyan Constitution was that the extensive provisions for the promotion and protection of women's rights would be successful in in breaking the vicious grip of patriarchal politics and promote a new generation of women parliamentarians and local government officials. As well as mentioning women in a list of groups identified as marginalised and in need of institutional and structural support, quotas were entrenched to ensure women's representation in parliament. In spite of these safeguards, the first elections under the new constitution in 2013 returned very few women to elected to positions other than those designated as women only positions.

Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AFSAAP 2015: 38th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28th - 30th October, 2015
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the 38th AFSAAP Conference: 21st Century Tensions and Transformation in Africa, p. 1-18
Publisher: African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP)
Place of Publication: Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 440806 Gender and politics
480702 Constitutional Law
440404 Political economy and social change
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280123 Expanding knowledge in human society
230203 Political systems
230202 Electoral systems
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: https://web.archive.org/web/20170214203247/http://afsaap.org.au/conference/conference-2015/
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