A Critical Review On How Women Emanicipation Has Been Achieved Since The 1995 Constitution Of The Republic Of Uganda

ABSTRACT The world over, the number of women elected to public office has been increasing. The current percentage of women in all national parliamentary structures, upper and lower houses combined, stands at 20.4 percent, a significant improvement over 11.7 percent (1997) less than two decades ago. According to Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), countries such as Uganda are showing high prospects in implementing affirmative action in the country. Although little research has been conducted on women's substantive representation in some developing countries that have recently reached the mileston…