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Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
167 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Women are still marginalised by men in national decision-making bodies, participants to the 6th Annual General Conference of the SADC Electoral Commission Forum heard. Presenting a paper entitled "Elections, Democracy and National Development: A Gender Perspective", Dr Amy Tsanga, a senior law lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe's East and Southern Africa Women's Studies Centre, said the participation by men and women in national decision-making bodies was skewed in favour of men.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/wgender/23491 [5]

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