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Obituary Media Release
P.O. Box 899, Dodoma, Tanzania Tel: +255 (0) 262321437/2324574 Fax: +255 (0) 262324565 Email: [email protected] Archbishop: The Most Rev. Dr. Maimbo F.W. Mndolwa, General Secretary: The Rev. Can. Dr Mecka Ogunde OBITUARY MEDIA RELEASE The Archbishop and all Bishops of the Anglican Church of Tanzania are expressing their sympathy in regard to the death of the fourth Registrar of Anglican Church of Tanzania, the late retired Chief Justice, General Brigadier, Rev. Can. Judge Augustino S. L. Ramadhani. 1 BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE GENERAL BRIGADIER, RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICE, JUDGE, REV. CAN. JUDGE AUGUSTINO S. L. RAMADHANI, THE FORTH ACT REGISTRAR 1. BIRTH The late Rev. Can. Judge Augustino Ramadhani was born at Kisima Majongoo, Zanzibar on 28th Dec 1945 (Last days of the second world war). He was the second born in the family of eight children (4 Girls and 4 Boys) of the late Mwalimu Matthew Douglas Ramadhani and Mwalimu Bridget Ann Constance Masoud. 2. CHURCH’S LIFE Augustino was born and raised up in a Christian family despite the facts of the family names that are mixture of both Islam and Christian background. As a Christian he played several roles in the church from the local church to provincial (national) level. At the parish level he was a good chorister, as well as pianist. He is the author of several books and articles. Even after joining military service he continued to serve in the church as secretary for the parish of St Alban in Dar es Salaam. In 2000 he was appointed to be the 4th Provincial Registrar of the Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT) since the inauguration of the Province in 1970 , the position that he held for seven years until 2007 when he resigned after being appointed as the Chief Justice of Tanzania 25th July 2007 at All Saints Cathedral in the Diocese of Mpwapwa he was honored to be a Lay Canon. -
Hotuba Ya Rais Wa Zanzibar Na Mwenyekiti Wa Baraza La Mapinduzi, Mhe
1 HOTUBA YA RAIS WA ZANZIBAR NA MWENYEKITI WA BARAZA LA MAPINDUZI, MHE. DK. ALI MOHAMED SHEIN, KATIKA SHEREHE ZA MAADHIMISHO YA MIAKA 50 YA MAPINDUZI YA ZANZIBAR, UWANJA WA AMAAN TAREHE 12 JANUARI, 2014 Waheshimiwa Wageni wetu, Wakuu wa Nchi na Serikali na Mawaziri wa Nchi Rafiki mliohudhuria hapa leo, Mheshimiwa Dk. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; Mheshimiwa Dk. Mohamed Gharib Bilal, Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; Mheshimiwa Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda, Waziri Mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; Mheshimiwa Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, Makamu wa Kwanza wa Rais, Zanzibar; Mheshimiwa Balozi Seif Ali Iddi, Makamu wa Pili wa Rais, Zanzibar; Mheshimiwa Mzee Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Rais Mstaafu wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; Mheshimiwa Benjamin William Mkapa, Rais Mstaafu wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; Mheshimiwa Dk. Salmin Amour Juma, Rais Mstaafu wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi; Mheshimiwa Dk. Amani Abeid Karume, Rais Mstaafu wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi; Viongozi Wakuu Wastaafu Mliohudhuria; Waheshimiwa Mawaziri wa Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania na wa Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar; Mheshimiwa Mama Anne Makinda, Spika wa Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; 2 Mheshimiwa Pandu Ameir Kificho, Spika wa Baraza la Wawakilishi la Zanzibar; Mheshimiwa Othman Chande Mohamed, Jaji Mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania; Mheshimiwa Omar Othman Makungu, Jaji Mkuu wa Zanzibar; Waheshimiwa Mabalozi na Wawakilishi wa Mashirika ya Kimataifa; Mheshimiwa Abdalla Mwinyi, Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Mjini Magharibi; Waheshimiwa Viongozi wa Serikali na Vyama vya Siasa; Ndugu Wananchi, Mabibi na Mabwana; Assalaam Alaykum, Kwa unyenyekevu mkubwa, namshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu, Muumba Mbingu na Ardhi na vyote vilivyomo ndani yake, kwa kutujaalia uhai na uzima wa afya, tukaweza kukusanyika hapa leo kuadhimisha miaka 50 ya Mapinduzi Matukufu ya Zanzibar, ya tarehe 12 Januari, 1964. -
Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and the East African Court of Justice: Lawyers and the Emergence of a Weak Regional Field
HUMAN RIGHTS, THE RULE OF LAW, AND THE EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE: LAWYERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A WEAK REGIONAL FIELD Mihreteab Tsighe Taye* This article represents a first systematic attempt to trace the trajectory that follows the professionalization of a group of East African lawyers committed to the cause of a regional International Court (IC) inspired by the rule of law and human rights. It demonstrates how a group of lawyers participated in the struggle to define law and to construct the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) and build the field of human rights. Lawyers who participated in the creation of the EACJ became “experts” in regional law. This expertise was legitimised not only by the political and social capital deriving from their participation in the drafting of the EAC Treaty, as representatives of states or civil society groups, but also by the capital of knowledge and technical skill accumulated in the course of bringing forth and litigating cases in both the national and transnational spaces. Upon entering the regional IC, as either judges or litigators, these agents became interpreters of the EAC Treaty inspired by the respect for the rule of law and human rights. The article reports on data from field research in East Africa. This article starts with a discussion of the role of lawyers and civil society groups in the formation of the EACJ before analysing efforts to extend the jurisdiction of the EACJ to include human rights. It then examines the EACJ judges’ off-the-bench efforts at judicial empowerment before looking at how lawyers introduced their litigation experience from the national level to the EACJ. -
In Contemporary Zanzibar Marie-Aude Fouéré
Remembering the Dark Years (1964-1975) in Contemporary Zanzibar Marie-Aude Fouéré To cite this version: Marie-Aude Fouéré. Remembering the Dark Years (1964-1975) in Contemporary Zanzibar. Encoun- ters: The International Journal for the Study of Culture and Society, 2012, pp.113-126. halshs- 00856968 HAL Id: halshs-00856968 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00856968 Submitted on 12 Apr 2017 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Remembering the Dark Years (1964–1975) in Contemporary Zanzibar Marie-Aude Fouéré French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA), Nairobi, Kenya In the islands of Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba), the memories of violence and repression perpetrated by revolutionaries and the state from 1964 to 1975 have long been banished from the public space. The official narrative of the 1964 Revolution and the first phase of the post-revolutionary periodi developed and propagated by the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, through a control over the production, transmission, and circulation of ideas, combined with repressive measures against dissenting voices, led people to keep their memories private. The official injunction calling for silence did not bringabout a forgetting of the past, but rather contributed to the clandestine transmission and reconstruction of fragments of individual, familial, and community memories within private circles. -
Tanzania Human Rights Report 2008
Legal and Human Rights Centre Tanzania Human Rights Report 2008: Progress through Human Rights Funded By; Embassy of Finland Embassy of Norway Embassy of Sweden Ford Foundation Oxfam-Novib Trocaire Foundation for Civil Society i Tanzania Human Rights Report 2008 Editorial Board Francis Kiwanga (Adv.) Helen Kijo-Bisimba Prof. Chris Maina Peter Richard Shilamba Harold Sungusia Rodrick Maro Felista Mauya Researchers Godfrey Mpandikizi Stephen Axwesso Laetitia Petro Writers Clarence Kipobota Sarah Louw Publisher Legal and Human Rights Centre LHRC, April 2009 ISBN: 978-9987-432-74-5 ii Acknowledgements We would like to recognize the immense contribution of several individuals, institutions, governmental departments, and non-governmental organisations. The information they provided to us was invaluable to the preparation of this report. We are also grateful for the great work done by LHRC employees Laetitia Petro, Richard Shilamba, Godfrey Mpandikizi, Stephen Axwesso, Mashauri Jeremiah, Ally Mwashongo, Abuu Adballah and Charles Luther who facilitated the distribution, collection and analysis of information gathered from different areas of Tanzania. Our 131 field human rights monitors and paralegals also played an important role in preparing this report by providing us with current information about the human rights’ situation at the grass roots’ level. We greatly appreciate the assistance we received from the members of the editorial board, who are: Helen Kijo-Bisimba, Francis Kiwanga, Rodrick Maro, Felista Mauya, Professor Chris Maina Peter, and Harold Sungusia for their invaluable input on the content and form of this report. Their contributions helped us to create a better report. We would like to recognize the financial support we received from various partners to prepare and publish this report. -
Python Challenge #1 in Python, We Can Use Lists To
Python Challenge #1 In Python, we can use lists to store related items together in a single place. Two examples are: tanzanian_election_years = [1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015] tanzanian_presidents = [“John Magu uli!, “Ja"aya #i"$ete!, “%en&a'in M"apa!, ( “)li *assan M$inyi!, “Julius +yerere!] 1. On a computer or tablet, write a Python program that prints out each year that Tanzania has had a general election. In Python, you can loop over the items of a list like this: or ite' in list, - do so'ething $ith ite' 2. Using your answer for #1, change it slightly so that it only prints out the years in which Tanzania has had a general election after the year 1999. 3. Sometimes we want to work with two lists at the same time. Say we are given the following list of Tanzanian vice presidents: tanzanian_.ice_presidents = [“/a'ia /uluhu!, “Moha'ed 0hari1 %ilal!, ( “2'ar )li Ju'a!, “3leopa Msuya!, “)1oud Ju'1e!] and we want to match each vice president with the president he or she served with. We can use Python’s zip() function to do this. To illustrate how zip() works, type the following into your Python interpreter (note: don’t type the “>>>”, that is printed by the Python interpreter itself): 444 ruits = [“apple!, “grape!, “1lue1erry!] 444 colors = [“green!, “purple!, “1lue!] 444 zip5 ruits, colors6 [57apple8, 7green86, 57grape8, purple86, 571lue1erry8, 71lue86] Notice how Python matched each of the fruits in our first list with its corresponding color in the second list. The zip() function itself returns a list, which we can use in our own for loops. -
FROM ANGLICANISM to AFRICAN SOCIALISM: the ANGLICAN CHURCH and UJAMAA in TANZANIA 1955-2005 by WILLIAM FABIAN MNDOLWA SN 2025109
FROM ANGLICANISM TO AFRICAN SOCIALISM: THE ANGLICAN CHURCH AND UJAMAA IN TANZANIA 1955-2005 By WILLIAM FABIAN MNDOLWA SN 202510976 S ubmitted in Fulfilment of the Academic Requirements for the D e g r e e o f DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Subject of THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY a t t h e SCHOOL OF RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND CLASSICS IN THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU - N A T A L (Pietermaritzburg Campus) SUPERVISOR PROF. PHILIPPE DENIS PIETERMARITZBURG November 2012 DECLARATION As required by University regulations, I hereby state unambiguously that this work has not been presented at any other University or any other institution of higher learning other than the University of KwaZulu-Natal, (Pietermaritzburg Campus) and that unless specifically indicated to the contrary within the text it is my original work. ------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM FABIAN MNDOLWA SN 202510976 29 November 2012 As candidate supervisor I hereby approve this thesis for submission ------------------------------------------------------- PROFESSOR PHILIPPE DENIS 29 November 2012 i CERTIFICATION We the undersigned declare that we have abided by the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics in the College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu- Natal‘s policy on language editing. We also declare that earlier forms of the dissertation have been retained should they be required. ------------------------------------------------------- GARY STUART DAVID LEONARD 29 November 2012 ------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM FABIAN MNDOLWA SN 202510976 29 November 2012 ii DEDICATION This study is first dedicated to my dear wife Chenga-Frida, and my children Msagati- Katindi, Kauye-Prisna and Tahona who endured my absence during the research period of this study. Without their sacrifice, love and support I would not have been able to achieve this great task. -
(Online Document) 1 BUNGE LA TANZANIA
Nakala ya Mtandao (Online Document) BUNGE LA TANZANIA _____________ MAJADILIANO YA BUNGE ______________ MKUTANO WA ISHIRINI Kikao cha Sita – Tarehe 18 Mei, 2015 (Kikao Kilianza Saa Tatu Asubuhi) D U A Spika (Mhe Anne S. Makinda) Alisoma Dua SPIKA: Waheshimiwa Wabunge, kutokana na maagizo yaliyotolewa humu wiki iliyopita kuhusu Hati za kuwasilisha Mezani. Kama kuna kundi lolote, Kamati, Serikali au Upinzani hawajaleta Hati hazisomwi. Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais! Mheshimiwa Naibu Waziri! HATI ZILIZOWASILISHWA MEZANI Hati zifuatazo ziliwasilishwa mezani na:- NAIBU WAZIRI, OFISI YA MAKAMU WA RAIS (MUUNGANO): Randama za Makadirio ya Matumizi kwa Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais na Taasisi zake kwa Mwaka wa Fedha 2015/2016. WAZIRI WA NCHI, OFISI YA RAIS, MENEJIMENTI YA UTUMISHI WA UMMA: Hotuba ya Bajeti ya Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais (Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma) pamoja na (Utawala Bora) kwa Mwaka wa Fedha 2015/2016. WAZIRI WA NCHI, OFISI YA RAIS (MAHUSIANO NA URATIBU): Hotuba ya Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais (Mahusiano na Uratibu) kwa Mwaka wa Fedha 2015/2016. MHE. JASSON S. RWEIKIZA - MWENYEKITI WA KAMATI YA KUDUMU YA BUNGE YA KATIBA, SHERIA NA UTAWALA: 1 Nakala ya Mtandao (Online Document) Taarifa ya Kamati ya Kudumu ya Bunge ya Katiba, Sheria na Utawala kuhusu utekelezaji wa majukumu ya Ofisi ya Rais (Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma), (Utawala Bora na Mahusiano na Uratibu) kwa mwaka wa fedha 2014/2015 pamoja na maoni ya Kamati kuhusu Makadirio ya Mapato na Matumizi ya Ofisi hiyo kwa Mwaka wa Fedha 2015/2016. MHE. ESTHER N. MATIKO - MSEMAJI MKUU WA KAMBI RASMI YA UPINZANI KWA OFISI YA RAIS, MENEJIMENTI YA UTUMISHI WA UMMA, UTAWALA BORA NA MAHUSIANO NA URATIBU: Taarifa ya Msemaji Mkuu wa Kambi ya Upinzani Bungeni Kuhusu Makadirio ya Matumizi ya Fedha kwa Ofisi ya Rais (Menejimenti ya Utumishi wa Umma, Utawala Bora na Mahusiano na Uratibu kwa Mwaka wa Fedha 2015/2016 SPIKA: Waheshimiwa Wabunge tunaanza maswali Ofisi ya Rais, Mahusiano na Uratibu, Mheshimiwa Engineer Athumani Mfutakamba. -
Hotuba Ya Waziri Wa Ulinzi Na Jeshi La Kujenga Taifa Mheshimiwa Dkt
HOTUBA YA WAZIRI WA ULINZI NA JESHI LA KUJENGA TAIFA MHESHIMIWA DKT. HUSSEIN ALI MWINYI (MB) KUHUSU MAPITIO NA MWELEKEO WA KAZI ZA WIZARA NA MAKADIRIO YA MAPATO NA MATUMIZI YA FEDHA KWA MWAKA 2016/17 1 2 UTANGULIZI 1. Mheshimiwa Spika, kufuatia taarifa iliyowasilishwa leo Bungeni na Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Kudumu ya Bunge ya Mambo ya Nje, Ulinzi na Usalama, naomba kutoa hoja kwamba Bunge lako Tukufu sasa likubali kupokea, kujadili na kupitia Mpango na Makadirio ya Mapato na Matumizi ya Wizara ya Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa kwa Mwaka wa Fedha 2016/17. 2. Mheshimiwa Spika, awali ya yote, naomba kumshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu, mwingi wa rehema kwa kulijalia Taifa letu na wananchi wake wote kwa kutuvusha salama katika mchakato wote wa uchaguzi Mkuu wa Rais, Wabunge na Madiwani wa mwaka 2015. Watanzania tunayo kila sababu ya kujivunia kuwa Uchaguzi Mkuu huo ambao kikalenda ni wa tano tangu kurejeshwa kwa mfumo wa demokrasia ya Vyama vingi mwaka 1992, uliendeshwa na kuhitimishwa kwa amani, utulivu na mshikamano mkubwa kinyume na maadui wetu wa ndani na nje ya nchi waliotutabiria mabaya. Kwa muktadha huo, nachukua fursa hii kutoa pongezi kwa Serikali ya Awamu ya Nne chini ya Uongozi wa Mhe. Dkt. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete kwa kuendeleza misingi ya umoja, mshikamano na amani ya nchi yetu. Aidha, nawapongeza: aliyekuwa Makamu wa Rais, Mhe. Dkt. Mohamed Gharib Bilal; na Waziri Mkuu Mstaafu, Mhe. Mizengo Kayanza Peter 1 Pinda kwa kusimamia utekelezaji mzuri wa Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ya mwaka 2010-2015. Pia, nawapongeza Mhe. Anne Semamba Makinda, Spika Mstaafu, akisaidiana na Mhe. -
Hii Ni Nakala Ya Mtandao (Online Document)
Hii ni Nakala ya Mtandao (Online Document) BUNGE LA TANZANIA ________________ MAJADILIANO YA BUNGE _________________ MKUTANO WA KUMI NA MBILI Kikao cha Ishirini na Nne - Tarehe 15 Julai, 2003 (Mkutano Ulianza Saa Tatu Asubuhi) D U A Naibu Spika (Mhe. Juma J. Akukweti) Alisoma Dua HATI ZILIZOWASILISHWA MEZANI Hati zifuatazo ziliwasilishwa Mezani na:- WAZIRI WA NCHI, OFISI YA RAIS (UTUMISHI): Hotuba ya Waziri wa Nchi, Ofisi ya Rais (Utumishi) kwa mwaka wa Fedha 2003/2004. MHE. RAMADHANI H. KHALIFAN (K.n.y. MHE. ATHUMANI S. M. JANGUO - MWENYEKITI WA KAMATI YA UTAWALA, KATIBA NA SHERIA): Taarifa ya Kamati ya Utawala, Katiba na Sheria kuhusu utekelezaji wa Ofisi ya Rais (Utumishi) katika mwaka uliopita, pamoja na maoni ya Kamati kuhusu Makadirio ya Matumizi ya Ofisi hiyo kwa mwaka 2003/2004. MASWALI NA MAJIBU Na. 229 Utoaji wa Vibali vya Kukata Miti ya Kuchoma Mkaa MHE. LEKULE M. LAIZER aliuliza:- Kwa kuwa Serikali za Vijiji zinajitahidi sana kulinda mazingira kwa kukataza watu wasikate miti kwa ajili ya kuchoma mkaa lakini baadhi ya Maafisa wa Wilaya hutoa vibali kwa watu kukata miti kwa ajili ya shughuli hiyo na wakati huo huo kuharibu misitu. Je, kwa nini utaratibu wa kutoa vibali kwa ajili ya shughuli hiyo usifanywe na wenye ardhi ambao ni Serikali za Vijiji badala ya kutolewa na Maafisa wa Wilaya? NAIBU WAZIRI, OFISI YA RAIS, TAWALA ZA MIKOA NA SERIKALI ZA MITAA alijibu:- Mheshimiwa Naibu Spika, naomba kujibu swali la Mheshimiwa Lekula Laizer, Mbunge wa Longido, kama ifuatavyo:- 1 Mheshimiwa Naibu Spika, ni kweli kuwa Serikali za Vijiji zinajitahidi sana kulinda mazingira kwa kukataza watu wasikate miti hovyo kwa matumizi mbalimbali. -
Veronika Nad
2015 ARBEITSPAPIER – WORKING PAPER 164 Veronika Nad Father of the Nation Tanzania’s Independence Jubilee and the Nyerere Myth ARBEITSPAPIERE DES INSTITUTS FÜR ETHNOLOGIE UND AFRIKASTUDIEN WORKING PAPERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND AFRICAN STUDIES AP IFEAS 164/2015 Herausgegeben von / The Working Papers are edited by: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Forum 6, D-55099 Mainz, Germany. Tel. +49-6131-3923720; Email: [email protected]; http://www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de http://www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de/92.php Geschäftsführende Herausgeberin / Managing Editor: Konstanze N’Guessan ([email protected]) Copyright remains with the author. Zitierhinweis / Please cite as: Veronika Nad (2015): Father of the Nation. Tanzania’s Independence Jubilee and the Nyerere Myth. Arbeitspapiere des Instituts für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Working Papers of the Department of Anthropology and African Studies of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) 164. Veronika Nad: Father of the Nation: Tanzania’s Independence Jubilee and the Nyerere Myth. Zusammenfassung Im Dezember 2011 feierte die Nation Tansania den 50. Jahrestag der Unabhängigkeit des tansanischen Festlands von britischer Kolonialherrschaft. Dabei offenbarte sich im Zuge der Inszenierung nationaler Symbole und Narrative, dass insbesondere der nationale Gründervater und erste Präsident ein wichtiges nationales Bezugsmerkmal auf verschiedenen Ebenen darstellt, obwohl dieser im kollektiven Gedächtnis über lange Jahre in Ungnade gefallen war. Die vorliegende Arbeit erörtert, wie sich die „Rückkehr“ Nyereres auf die politischen Bühnen des Landes seit seinem Tod im Jahr 1999 in Form eines nationalen Symbols vollzogen hat, und wie seine Person und politisches Vermächtnis im Kontext der Unabhängigkeitsfeiern 2011 erinnert wurden. -
Consequences for Women's Leadership
The Politics Behind Gender Quotas: Consequences for Women’s Leadership Equity in African Legislatures by Christie Marie Arendt B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science, May 2004, Michigan State University M.A. in International Affairs, May 2006, The George Washington University A Dissertation submitted to The Faculty of The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences of The George Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy January 31, 2017 Dissertation directed by Kimberly J. Morgan Professor of Political Science and International Affairs The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences of The George Washington University certifies that Christie Marie Arendt has passed the Final Examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy as of December 16, 2016. This is the final and approved form of the dissertation. The Politics Behind Gender Quotas: Consequences for Women’s Leadership Equity in African Legislatures Christie Marie Arendt Dissertation Research Committee: Kimberly J. Morgan, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Dissertation Director Jennifer Brinkerhoff, Professor of International Affairs, International Business, and Public Policy & Public Administration Eric Kramon, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Committee Member ii © Copyright 2017 by Christie Marie Arendt All rights reserved iii Dedication To my parents, Anne and Steve Arendt, none of this was possible without your enduring love and support. iv Acknowledgments This dissertation benefitted from the encouragement and guidance of a number of people. As an alumna of The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, I knew that GW would provide a perfect environment to pursue my doctoral studies.