Women, Quotas, and Affirmative Action Policies in Africa

Okedele, Adebusola

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77030-7_80-1

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“…The empirical results of this article also present a rationale for affirmative action policies to improve women’s descriptive representation in Sub-Saharan African countries. Although some Sub-Saharan African countries such as Rwanda and South Africa have high rates of women’s descriptive representation in legislative branches, the implementation of affirmative action policies, including legislative gender quotas to improve women’s descriptive representation, is slow due to the result of the unfavorable disposition to the descriptive representation (Abubakar & Ahmad, 2014; Okedele, 2021; Torto, 2013). By showing how the presence of women in parliaments translates into the adoption of anti-human trafficking laws, this article provides a practical reason why Sub-Saharan countries need to implement affirmative action policies.…”

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The Impacts of Gender-Related Factors on the Adoption of Anti-Human Trafficking Laws in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Woo

2022

SAGE Open

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Human trafficking is an imminent problem not limited to certain regions of the globe. Although the problem of human trafficking is severe over the world, Sub-Saharan African countries are some of the most vulnerable to human trafficking. Despite the severity of human trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa, only 23 countries, less than half of Sub-Saharan African countries, have introduced domestic statutory laws addressing human trafficking. Why do some African countries adopt laws for combating human trafficking, while others do not? Focusing on the role of gender-related factors in the introduction of laws addressing human trafficking, this article aims to fill this academic lacuna by conducting time-series cross-national analysis on 49 African countries from 1960 to 2016. The empirical results from this study demonstrate that increases in the percentage of women in legislative branches and in women’s participation in civil society organizations lead countries to introduce anti-human trafficking laws.

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confidence: 99%

The Impacts of Gender-Related Factors on the Adoption of Anti-Human Trafficking Laws in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Woo

2022

SAGE Open

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“…Generally, the adoption of affirmative action policies in Africa has seen a commendable increase in the number of previously unemployed and disadvantaged. Especially women in the political arena, whose representation in the workforce has risen over 30% in some Eastern and Southern Africa, including countries in West and Central Africa (Okedele, 2021).…”

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“…Leadership within a particular organisation determines the implementation of affirmative action. This implies that when top leaders in an organisation are unwilling to adhere to the Affirmative Action policy, its implementation may be challenged (Okedele, 2021). According to Amano-Patino, Aramburu and Contractor (2021), the lack of implementation oversight for most organisations revealed that, to a reasonable extent, it has led to failure in implementing the Affirmative Action policy not only in Namibia but across the globe.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating the Implementation of the Affirmative Act as a Tool for Equal Employment Opportunities of a Selected Government Ministry in Namibia From 2016 to 2021

Shaalukeni¹,

Hakweenda²

2023

epra

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Motivation for the study: It has been observed that when affirmative action issues are not addressed then they impact service delivery. Secondly, there appears to be fewer studies in the area of affirmative action, particularly in the Namibian Government, especially in relation to affirmative action, particularly in the Directorate of General Services (DGS) head office in the Khomas region. Research approach: The study adopted a qualitative research approach with a case study research design. The data were collected through interviews and thematically analysed. Main results: Affirmative action is defined as measures premeditated in disregarding unlawful discrimination among employees. In investigating how the implementation of the Affirmative Action Policy is in performing, it was found out that the Affirmative Action Policy is only operational to a very limited extent. On assessing factors that hinder effective implementation of affirmative action, the study results show that lack of a monitoring policy, lack of training, lack of leadership interest, public perceptions and workplace discrimination contribute to the lack of the full realisation of affirmative practices in the DGS. In establishing measures that were put in place to implement and/or promote the Affirmative Action policy in DGS it was found that there were no attempts towards implementing affirmative action remedies. The study recommends mentoring and coaching programmes, initiating supervisory or monitoring boards, and conducting training and development programmes on affirmative action as essential strategies to promote ethical affirmative action practices. KEYWORDS: Affirmative action, effectiveness, employment opportunities, discrimination.

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