Women in Politics
Voices from the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 1999
Pages: 156
A collection of profiles of thirty three women in politics from eleven
Commonwealth countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Dominica, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa and Uganda. The profiles illustrate the diversity of experience across the Commonwealth, and highlight the realities of life for many women. The stories these dedicated and courageous women relate sharpen the focus on existing and potential challenges and barriers which face women politicians.
Women in Politics: Voices from the Commonwealth shows that to a large extent the degree of women's integration into political life depends on the system of values prevalent in a society, and on established political patterns.
On another level, it is a study which uses these retold experiences to
analyze the different strategies women could develop, refine and adopt to build successful political careers.
Commonwealth countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Dominica, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa and Uganda. The profiles illustrate the diversity of experience across the Commonwealth, and highlight the realities of life for many women. The stories these dedicated and courageous women relate sharpen the focus on existing and potential challenges and barriers which face women politicians.
Women in Politics: Voices from the Commonwealth shows that to a large extent the degree of women's integration into political life depends on the system of values prevalent in a society, and on established political patterns.
On another level, it is a study which uses these retold experiences to
analyze the different strategies women could develop, refine and adopt to build successful political careers.