Women Empowerment And Politics In Uganda Case Study Of Women Parliamentarians

ABSTRACT

~his study is analysis of the women empowerment through politics n Uganda. It is meant to establish whether the legal framework hat has been put in place for ensuring women empowerment has ·esulted into their empowerment.

~he study aims at examining the law concerned with including

vomen into political areas, examining the achievements of the law md how they have been attained, identifying the challenges, gaps

md dilemmas that have been faced in the bid to ensure that women

tre empowered and giving a conclusion and recommendation on

ww it can be ensured that women are empowered through politics.

~he major findings of the study are that women have been

~mpowered by politics. They have attained the courage 1.0

Jarticipate in politics and some have even performed better than

nen. However, it has been found that women have not, as it ought

o have been, benefited from being invited in politics. This has been lue to mainly lack of political will and the fact that Uganda is a Jatriarchal society. Therefore, the responsibility bodies are duty Jound to ensure the proper implementation of politics, orders w ~nsure that women are empowered for gender equity.