Women Political Leaders in Rwanda and South Africa: Narratives of Triumph and Loss

Hochschulschrift

Abstract: Narratives of Triumph and Loss explores the successes, challenges and controversies of women's post-conflict political leadership. Through interviews with women who have held significant leadership positions, the book explores the relationships between their educational, professional, activist and personal backgrounds. It situates their stories within historical and contemporary political contexts, illustrating the gendered ways in which women experience politics as citizens and politicians. Rwanda and South Africa have amongst the highest representation levels of women in national legislatures in the world. Consequently, the recent literature on women and politics in these countries mostly focuses on women parliamentarians only. However, there is a need to examine the nuances of women's political leadership, amongst and beyond parliamentarians. To this end, narratives were collected from eleven semi-structured interviews with women political leaders in Rwanda and South Africa. The

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783847409052
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 161 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

Klassifikation und Themen

• Schlagwort: Frau ; Politik ; Ruanda ; Südafrika

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wer): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (wann): 2016
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Opladen
• (wer): Barbara Budrich Publishers
• (wann): 2016
• Urheber: Morojele, Naleli

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.3224/84740745
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-78376-6
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:52 MESZ