ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to examine the trends and patterns of women's legislative activities in Uganda since the 1950s, when pioneer female legislators entered the legislative council (Legco) of the then Ugandan protectorate. To find out if Uganda's legislative activity is gendered, the chapter analyzes intensively the successive Hansards, focusing on the types of (1) bills, (2) resolutions, and (3) arguments and questions introduced by female and male legislators in the assembly chamber. Female parliamentarians and other women's activists have been criticized by some scholars for what they perceive to be the rather limited agenda in the struggle against subordination and oppression. Women parliamentarians have a way of presenting the pressing problems in their constituencies with a passion that is not common among their male counterparts. The general trends and directions of women's legislative work accord increasing legitimacy to women's issues and perspectives at the highest policymaking institution in the nation.
