How does politics shape the negotiation of gender equity in the Global South?

The book concludes with a comparative analysis that draws out (1) what the cases tell us about advancing transformative policies in countries with different kinds of political settlement; (2) the value added by the ‘power domains’ framework employed here in comparison with existing frameworks for feminist analysis of gender equality policy processes; and (3) how this framework might support future strategic analysis of the political opportunities for gender equity advocacy. The conclusions draw out striking similarities in the domestic violence policy processes that unfolded in Ghana, Bangladesh, and India and demonstrate how the framework helps explain both the similarities and differences in the cases of Uganda, Rwanda, and South Africa. A particularly striking finding is that the implementation of legislation…