Activities of Political Parties and Their Influence on Women’s Political Participaton in Bamusso and Ekondo TITI SUBDIVISIONS of NDIAN Division in The South West Region of Cameroon

  ABSTRACT : Different activities by political parties can either ameliorate or discourage women’s interests in political participation and representation. This paper examines the various activities political parties are engaged with in the Bamusso and Ekondo Titi Sub-Divisions in Ndian Divisions of the South West Region of Cameroon. With the ratification of numerous international legal tools and machineries by the government of Cameroon in adherence to the global call on all states to committedly improve women’s political participation, the women of Ndian are still tokenized when it comes to the political life of their Division. Men are still in absolute dominance of the politics in Ndian. More men indicate their interest in politics while a few intentional women show their interest in politics. For gender distribution on political participation and representation, the number keeps tilting in favour of the men. This paper examines the different forms of activities political parties carry out which influences women’s political participation and representation in Bamusso and Ekondo Titi Sub-Divisions in Ndian Divisions of the South West Region of Cameroon. The descriptive survey and stratified sampling were used for the study and primary data was collected through the administration of questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire was designed as an ordinal scale to weight the responses put up by respondents. For analyses, the X2 was adopted. Findings showed that there is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the activities of political parties in Bamusso and Ekondo Titi Sub-Divisions do not influence women’s political participation in Bamusso and Ekondo Titi Sub-Divisions. The study made certain recommendations for positive change.

KEY WORDS: Political Activities; Political Participation and Political Parties