Exploring Africa Political Structure and the Effort to Improve Women's Struggle for Representation in Politics

Abstract

Most Africa countries today are faced with enormous socio-political and economic challenges as a result of the colonial legacy. Apparently, these African countries have wriggled over the past recent decades to find both economic development and political stability. Previous research focused on providing solutions to 'Africa's democracy problem,' which raises the argument that 'if these countries were to include more women in politics, democracy could become a reality in order to close the gap of gender disparity'. There are few factors identified in this study that may have hindered or contribute to the low representation of Africa women in political matters of their countries, these factors may have a close link to Africa socio-cultural development and beliefs. It was noted that South Africa in 1994 for instance, have merely only 2.7% representation of women in parliament just before the emergence of democracy. However, things have changed since then. The United Nations report...