| 1 | Women in African parliaments : a continental shift? | 1 |
| 2 | Mozambique : empowering women through family law | 31 |
| 3 | South Africa : mainstreaming gender in a new democracy | 59 |
| 4 | Namibia : losing ground without mandatory quotas | 85 |
| 5 | Uganda : agents of change for women's advancement? | 111 |
| 6 | Rwanda : achieving equality or serving an authoritarian state? | 133 |
| 7 | Senegal : contending with religious constraints | 151 |
| 8 | The virtuous circle of representation : women in African parliaments | 171 |