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    Affirmative action and women’s participation in politics of Gabiley Region in Somaliland
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014-11) Abdirahman, Hassan Muhumed Khalif
    The study sought to determine the relationship between affirmative action and women’s participation in politics in the Gabiley Region of Somaliland. This study was guided by four objectives which consist of these objectives; to determine the demographic characteristics of the study respondents; to determine the level of affirmative action in Gabiley Region; to determine the extent of women’s participation in politics and to establish the relationship between affirmative action and women’s participation, in politics. Using a cross sectional survey design, data were collected from 381 respondent’; by the use of a structured questionnaire. The study found that affirmative action in the Gabiley Region was low; the level of women’s participation in politics in the Gabiley Region is low and that affirmative action has a significant positive influence on women’s participation in politics (r 0.741 p value<0.05). The study further found that affirmative action has a significant effect on the level women’s participation in politics in the Gabiley Region (F1 18, P>0.05; ,8 ~0.741, p