Women's Visibility in Decision Making Processes in Africa—Progress, Challenges, and Way Forward

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dc.contributor.authorIlesanmi, Oluwatoyin Olatundun
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T16:11:22Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T16:11:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-10
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dc.description.abstractConcerns over women's marginalization and invisibility in Africa policy-making, remains a fervent international discourse. These concerns are likely due to restrictive laws, cultural diversities and practices, institutional barriers, as well as disproportionate access to quality education, healthcare, and resources. Reversing these discriminatory practices is not impossible, and can be achieved by implementing the right mechanisms across the continent. The process toward increasing the visibility of women in decision-making across the continent, requires an understanding of the progress made so far, the challenges faced and the way forward. As a consequence, this paper conducted a review of literature to determine the key decision-making organs in Africa, the current status of African women and women's organizations in decision-making, existing institutional policies demanding female involvement in decision-making and the progress made in the continent so far. This paper will also provide recommendations to accelerate the way forward in view of Agenda 2030.
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dc.identifier.citationIlesanmi O. O (2018). Women’s Visibility in Decision Making Processes in Africa – Progress, Challenges and the way forward. SP 38. Vol. 3. Doi. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00038. . Frontiers in sociology. South Africa. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00038/full
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00038.
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00038/full
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5034
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSP 38. Vol. 3.
dc.titleWomen's Visibility in Decision Making Processes in Africa—Progress, Challenges, and Way Forward
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