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Using Women’s Voices and Experiences to Interrogate the Efficacy of the International Criminal Justice System (ICJS): The Case of the Rwanda 1994 Genocide

This study analyses the interactions between the International Criminal Justice System (ICJS) and survivor witnesses of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV) committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. While the ICJS, as partly represented by ICTR, focused on punishment, deterrence, and upholding the human rights of perpetrators of genocidal rape, this study reveals survivor perspectives on […]
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The Policy and Legislative Framework for Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme and its Implications on Women’s Rights to Agricultural Land

This study explores the rights of Zimbabwean women to access agricultural land on the basis of equality with men and in their own right under the country’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). The focus is on the policy and legal framework that governed the land reform process between the years 2000 and 2015 and […]
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Interrogating Marriage as an Organizing Framework in Land Based Businesses: A Case Study of Women Horticulture Farmers in Ward 25, Nyadire District, Mutoko, Zimbabwe

This study explores married women’s rights and entitlements in horticulture businesses located in irrigation schemes in Ward 25 in Nyadire District, Mutoko, Zimbabwe. The study is primarily directed at understanding the role and impact of laws and policies on marriage and business and the differential effect of these laws on the lives of women as […]
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“A CASE OF CULTURE GONE AWRY”: AN INVESTIGATION OF FEMALE INITIATION CEREMONIES AND NYAU DANCE VIGILS ON THE RIGHTS OF TEENAGE GIRLS TO EDUCATION AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONGST MIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN NORTON, ZIMBABWE

Abstract This dissertation focuses on the harm suffered by teenage girls who, often forced into early marriages by poverty, must first engage in the customary practices of initiation ceremonies followed by participation in highly ritualized dance vigils. Evidence from a wide range of sources analysed in the context of various methodologies, in particular the Women’s […]
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