Going Beyond Numbers

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" Going Beyond Numbers "
Fredline A. O. M’Cormack-Hale

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1063491
Doc. No	:	LA107120
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341331‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Fredline A. O. M’Cormack-Hale
Title & Author	:	Going Beyond Numbers [Article]\ Fredline A. O. M’Cormack-Hale
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	African and Asian Studies
Date	:	2015
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/1-2
Page No	:	85–107
Abstract	:	This paper critically examines the concept of women’s substantive representation through an assessment of the accomplishments of Sierra Leone female parliamentarians serving from 2007-2012. The paper argues that much of the current research about the impact of elected women on advancing a gendered agenda rests on criteria that are borrowed uncritically from western political systems and thus misses out on some of the accomplishments of female parliamentarians that fall outside of this narrow frame. The paper posits that adopting an African feminist framework can make visible the invisible, broaden our understanding of what elected women can accomplish, and suggest ways in which actors engaged in promoting women’s empowerment can be more effective and supportive in their aims to increase women’s political representation. This paper critically examines the concept of women’s substantive representation through an assessment of the accomplishments of Sierra Leone female parliamentarians serving from 2007-2012. The paper argues that much of the current research about the impact of elected women on advancing a gendered agenda rests on criteria that are borrowed uncritically from western political systems and thus misses out on some of the accomplishments of female parliamentarians that fall outside of this narrow frame. The paper posits that adopting an African feminist framework can make visible the invisible, broaden our understanding of what elected women can accomplish, and suggest ways in which actors engaged in promoting women’s empowerment can be more effective and supportive in their aims to increase women’s political representation.
Descriptor	:	African feminism
Descriptor	:	gender
Descriptor	:	impact of women in politics
Descriptor	:	parliamentarians
Descriptor	:	Sierra Leone
Descriptor	:	women and politics
Descriptor	:	women legislators
Descriptor	:	women’s political behavior
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15692108-12341331‬