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World Service,15 Sep 2000,28 mins

Why Don't Women Vote?

Everywoman

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As Tanzania goes to the polls, in order to attract female voters, the event is being dramatised by a theatre group, The Small World Theatre. The group's director explains why they're taking this route. Also on the programme: The coordinator of NGO Advocacy For Women in Africa talks about how women in Tanzania have previously been put off voting. Plus, a group of politically active women from round the world discuss the changing political landscape for women.

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