Gender and electoral politics in Kenya: the case of Gush women 1990-2002, 2005
Choti, Charles Otoigo
2005-07-01
2000-2009
This study examines the nature and extent of Kenyan women�s participation in the multiparty electoral politics of the 1990s. Specifically, it analyzes the electoral impact of the multi-party democratic political dispensation on Kenyan women. The study is based on a case study of seven politically active Gusii women who were individually interviewed on issues related to their respective personal, political careers, and electoral experiences. Utilizing the qualitative research techniques, the study established that the marginalization of women in electoral politics is a result of a combination of factors, namely colonial legacy, socialization and Gusii cultural rigidity on gender roles, poverty, political violence, and lack of political careerism and staying power. The research findings show a paucity of women holding electoral positions reflecting the existence of a very unfavorable political climate for women�s political initiative. In addition, it reveals that the democratization process, beginning with the introduction of multiparty politics in 1991 has not, necessarily, empowered Kenyan women in terms of electoral gains.
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Doctor of Arts in Humanities (DAH)
Clark Atlanta University
Department of African American and Africana Women's Studies
Bradley, Josephine
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2005_choti_charles_o
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