Information needs of parlimentarians for the promotion of human and legal rights of women

Abstract

In the Preface of the publication entitled 'Women in Parliament. Beyond Numbers" Frene Gimvala, Present of the National Assembly in South Africa says that "the seed of democracy " is planted on the principle of the legitimacy of the power to make decisions on people lives the society and their countries, which emanates from those who are affected by them "According her therefore democracy steam from taking in to consideration the interest of the people in decisions that affect their lives, their society and their country. In this context, parliament ideally constitutes the mechanism that links the people with policy makers in government who make decisions that affect their lives. Parliamentarians therefore have a critically important role to play, and heavy responsibility towards the people