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Did transatlantic slavery and colonial borders wreck West African women’s movements?

Did transatlantic slavery and colonial borders wreck West African women’s movements?

Africa’s parliaments are increasingly gender equa…

ROCKING OUR PRIORS · Dr Alice Evans

June 12, 202215m 30s

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Africa’s parliaments are increasingly gender equal, thanks largely to quotas. But there is a curious heterogeneity. Southern and Eastern African legislatures have near parity, while West Africans are ruled by men. Why is West Africa such an outlier?