WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION IN GOVERNMENT
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Gender Advocacy Programme (GAP) is hosting an international
conference on women's representation in government in Cape Town on
7 & 8 March 2002.

The conference aims to:
* Enable key stakeholders to engage with the framework for the
equitable inclusion of women in governance structures;
* Develop a strategy to advance women's representation in
South Africa, focussing on SADC, other African countries and international
trends in women's representation in governments;
* Examine the roles of political parties, electoral systems,
voting procedures and voters as key factors to women's inclusion in
government decision-making bodies;
* Examine the media's role in establishing the fact that women's
participation in political decision-making is an essential part of a
democracy.

Interested organisations and individuals who wish to attend are invited
to contact Conference Co-ordinator Rosieda Shabodien on 082 82 535 27.

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