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Ugandan women's rejection of a public bill to increase their agency in violent marriages was driven by rational economic interests, and by well-founded mistrust of political and legal systems. It should not be seen as an indication of their 'democratic inexperience'.
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Why is it important?
Much emphasis is put on the importance of involving socially excluded women in public deliberation to inform policy design. However the outcomes of such efforts may be unpredictable in situations where the complexity of women's lives lead them to reject overtly 'feminist' initiatives.
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This page is a summary of: Creating social policy to support women's agency in coercive settings: A case study from Uganda, Global Public Health, March 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1005654.
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