Women and Political Participation in Uganda

The political participation of women remains an under researched area of study and requires further investigation to understand not only the factors that limit their involvement in politics, but also, the extent to which they get involved in different political activities. This book investigates into the extent to which women in Uganda participate in voting, campaign activity, community meetings and involvement, and also their membership to Voluntary associations.All these are forms of political participation which, unlike representation have received less attention. The book employs qualitative methodologies to investigate this complex phenomenon.The book finds that there are many factors limiting political particpation of women in uganda;including political, social and economic institutions, the education levels and gender biases especially at the ballot box.The book concludes that women's political participation is higher in voting as compared to campaign activity and attendancy to community meetings.Therefore, recomeding that for women to be involved in politics, there is a need for more sensitisation efforts to be made.

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Juliet M. Ntawubona holds a Master's Degree in Development Studies of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.She is working on her PhD under the title "Women and Political Representation:Whose Representation?".She is a graduate teacher with over 10 years of experience,currently teaching at Ntare School in South-Western Uganda.