Women's Representation in African Politics

Zainab Monisola Olaitan is a Political Scientist working at the intersection of political philosophy, feminist thought and African politics with a focus on women’s qualitative representation. She is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pretoria.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Women’s political representation and its forms.- Chapter 3. Gender quotas and descriptive women’s representation: Global and continental context.-Chapter 4. Theorizing the impact of women’s political representation.- Chapter 5. Substantive representation of women in African politics: Issues and debates.- Chapter 6. Women’s political representation in South Africa and Botswana.- Chapter 7. Gender-based violence and femicide as substantive women’s representation.- Chapter 8. The impact of gender quotas on substantive women’s representation in Botswana and South Africa.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.