Masters Dissertation

This dissertation focuses on the benefits and challenges of women entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe seeking to take advantage of ICT in their businesses. Adopting several gender-sensitive methodologies, but in particular, the Grounded, Women’s Law and Human Rights Approaches, the writer gathers, analyses and presents her research (based on a documentary and verbal evidence) through the eyes […]

Zimbabwe is one of the countries in Sub Saharan Africa whose women have not escaped the severe impact of Hiv/Aids, the majority of whose victims die as a result of contracting opportunistic infections (OIs). This dissertation looks at women and girls living with Hiv/Aids (PLWHA) and their access to medical care and treatment for OIs […]

This dissertation appears to be the first piece of Tanzanian research which, using a case study approach, tentatively explores the reasons why so few women (especially young professional women) enter or remain in the traditionally male-dominated and closely-guarded mining industry. Utilising an effective combination of several methodologies (guided overall by the Women’s Law Approach), the […]

Rape is a crime, human rights abuse and public health concern. Although rape is a crime, with well-known mental and physical impact, a number of rape offences go unreported. The aim of this magistrate’s research was to ascertain the adequacy for victims of the responses of state agencies to the crime of rape and the […]

This dissertation, written by a former Master of the High Court in Lesotho, offers a unique and critical insight into the fearfully confusing legal world inhabited by widows who choose to remarry outside their deceased husband’s clan. This is a rare practice which is actively discouraged in most quarters of Lesotho traditional society. Combining her […]

Written by an experienced judge at the forefront of prison reform, this long-overdue study highlights the humiliation suffered by poor, illiterate, menstruating female prisoners from the moment of their arrest and throughout their detention in custody pending the finalization of their trial. Appreciating that the right to menstruate with dignity and in private is a […]

This dissertation traces how certain widely-held, false stereotypical perceptions of rural women vegetable farmers have led directly to their being unrecognized as meaningful participants in the national economy and, in turn, excluded from government and NGO planning and development. Several gender-focused methodologies and data collection methods are imaginatively utilized to present the ‘lived realities’ of […]

The plight of visually impaired women in the high density areas of Epworth and Mabvuku of Harare (Zimbabwe’s capital city) in relation to their human right to access clean water and safe sanitation facilities has never been told before and, as a result, their agonising problem remains a painful secret. Their story, however, is now […]