Women remained excluded from standing for Parliament in 1983, continuing the pattern from previous elections. Women participated as voters and organizers but could not be elected. Women's organizations mobilized women voters, but the lack of female candidates meant that women's parliamentary representation remained at zero.
See Also
- 1983 Election
- Women Kenya Politics
- Kenya Women's Rights 1980s
- Maendeleo ya Wanawake
- Kenya Political System 1978-1991
- Gender Kenya
Sources
- Wipper, Audrey. "The Roles of African Women: Female Politician and Organizer." Journal of Modern African Studies, 1975.
- Widner, Jennifer. The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya. University of California Press, 1992.
- Staudt, Kathleen. "Women Farmers and Inequalities in Agricultural Services and Training." Rural Development Studies, 1978.