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Family law reform, employment, and women’s political participation in Ethiopia

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November 13, 2019

Family law reform, employment, and women’s political participation in Ethiopia

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Research showing that there is strong correlation between increased female labor force participation and women’s political participation is essentially based on empirical data from Western, democratic, and developed contexts. In this article, we discuss whether these conclusions hold for non-Western, nondemocratic, and developing settings too. Through a study of Ethiopian women’s employment and political agency, we find that employment is actually not significantly related to the level of women’s participation in local political meetings and is negatively related to their interest in politics.

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Author
Lovise Aalen, Andreas Kotsadam, and Espen Villanger
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication year
2019
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Research showing that there is strong correlation between increased female labor force participation and women’s political participation is essentially based on empirical data from Western, democratic, and developed contexts. In this article, we discuss whether these conclusions hold for non-Western, nondemocratic, and developing settings too. Through a study of Ethiopian women’s employment and political agency, we find that employment is actually not significantly related to the level of women’s participation in local political meetings and is negatively related to their interest in politics.

Click here to download the article.

Resource type
Region
Author
Lovise Aalen, Andreas Kotsadam, and Espen Villanger
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication year
2019
Focus areas