Powerless? Gender Regimes and Women's Place in Uganda's Political Parties

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2309331
AutoresHannah Muzee (0000-0002-4065-8128, Kyambogo University, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume60
Fascículo4
Páginas2184-2195
Data de publicação2025-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00219096231215738
OpenAlexW4389203303
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas23

Multiparty politics in Uganda in some ways opened the political space for women and also reinforced the patriarchal nature of parliamentary and electoral politics. Women are increasingly used as appendages and tools to further the political dominance of the ruling government. So, while they seem to be visible, their voices and substantive representation is controlled by the parties' executive wings. This paper identifies and describes the gender regimes of Ugandan political parties, showing how women are systematically alienated by party politics. The analysis of party constitutions and structures revealed antipathy towards gender equality demonstrated in male dominance of top positions and positions of valuable portfolios, deputization of women and the use of women's leagues to promote party agendas. Although women's participation is supported legislatively, there is a need for women's leagues to operate autonomously from the party

Antipathy · Dominance (genetics · Elite · League · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law