A Critical Analysis of Women Political Participation and Decision Making in Tanzania: A Case Study of The Arusha Region
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2015-12
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Kampala International University, School of Law
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This study Critically Analyzes women’s Political Participation and Decision Making in Tanzania: A case study of The Arusha Region. To achieve this main purpose of the study, three research objectives were set and these included: to examine legal awareness of women regarding their rights to participate in politics and decision making; to assess Tanzania’s response toward both international and regional instruments for protection of Women’s rights; and to analyze barriers of women’s full participation in politics and decision-making. In chapter two, different International and Regional Instruments as well as National legislation for the protection of women’s right to participate in politics and decision-making have been analyzed and examined. Some of the key instruments that have been analyzed included the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania (1977). Chapter three of this research examined women’s right to participate in politics and decision-making in Tanzania. The core areas that have been analyzed in this section included the level of legal awareness of women to participate in politics and decision-making in Tanzania; Tanzania’s position towards international legislation on women’s human rights; and finally, the existing barriers to women’s fully participation in politics and decision-making in Arusha Region. In chapter four, research findings have been analyzed and discussed~; it has also been found out that much as the government has ratified to international and regional instruments towards protection of women’s rights, the level of legal awareness about the rights to participate in politics and decision-making remains low in most cases; further still, the implementation of international and national legislation towards the participation of women in politics and decision-making is low thus, women remain marginalized and discriminated; finally, it was also found out that women are still faced with several barriers as they try to participate in politics and decision-making. These barriers originate from different angles such as culture, tradition and unfavorable government policies. It is therefore concluded that bigger percentage of women in Arusha are still ignorant about their rights to participate in politics, the government’s commitment to international and regional instruments to women’s rights still remains low; women face a lot of challenges resulting from bad culture and tradition as well as weak government policies and commitment. It is therefore recommended that the government employ all its powers to ensure that women fully participate in politics and decision-making.
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A Thesis Presented to the College of Higher Degree and Research, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Laws (Public International Law)
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Women in politics, Decision Making, Tanzania