Women in politics
Subtitle: voices from the Commonwealth.
Contributors: Commonwealth Secretariat.
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Women in politics -- Commonwealth countries; Women politicians -- Commonwealth countries -- Biography; Femmes en politique -- Pays du Commonwealth; Femmes politiques -- Pays du Commonwealth -- Biographies
Genres: Biography.; Biographies.
Description: "Women in Politics profiles 33 women in politics from 11 countries of the Commonwealth: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Dominica, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa and Uganda, illustrating the diversity of their experience. The study focuses on the realities of life for those committed and courageous women who have decided to take up politics, emphasising the challenges and barriers which women politicians face."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.