Why African Authoritarian Regimes Promote Women Leaders: The Case of Uganda
WEBINAR
Time: 25 August 2022, 14:00-15:30 (CET)
Place: Zoom Webinar
This seminar explores how and why ruling parties in African authoritarian regimes have promoted women as leaders through the use of quotas after the introduction of multi-party systems, especially after the early 1990s.
They have done so, research shows, primarily in order to further entrench their rule by instrumentalising women’s rights.
This, however, poses a conundrum, which the seminar explores: As women’s movements demand and gain increased political representation, the greater the risk that women’s inclusion is used to prop up illegitimate authoritarian regimes. Join this webinar on 25 August.
Keynote speaker:
Aili Mari Tripp, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America
Discussants:
Josephine Ahikire, Associate Professor, Makerere University, Uganda
Elin Bjarnegård, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Moderator:
Diana Højlund Madsen, Senior researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden
Opening remarks by Therese Sjömander Magnusson, Director, The Nordic Africa Institute
If you have any questions about the content of the seminar, please do not hesitate to contact Diana H. Madsen on email: diana.hojlund-madsen@nai.uu.se
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