Masters Dissertation

DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN NAIROBI, KENYA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

The writer of this dissertation, a lawyer, examines the delivery of services to pregnant women in two selected hospitals (viz., Pumwani Maternity Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital) in Nairobi, Kenya and attempts to measure the delivery against the standards laid down in legal and human rights instruments which are local, regional and international in nature […]
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THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND INDEPENDENT LIVING: AN INTERROGATION INTO THE CAPACITATING STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT TO ENJOY THE RIGHT, IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPACES, IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE

The population of persons with disabilities is estimated to constitute 15% of the world population (WHO, 2011). General estimations may indicate that there are more than two million persons with disabilities in Zimbabwe and a sizable number of them are women and girls with visual impairment. Some people are born with visual impairment, whilst others […]
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PROTECTED BUT EXPOSED: A CRITIQUE OF THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND REPORTING OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES IN THE (ZIMBABWE) MEDIA

In Zimbabwe, when women, who are the majority of victims of domestic violence, apply for protection orders against their abusers from the civil Magistrates Courts in terms of the Domestic Violence Act, their cases are reported in the media. As the Act does not contain provisions to protect the privacy of complainants, the media resorts […]
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COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: EVALUATION OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY MUSASA PROJECT IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE

A member of the NGO, Musasa Project, the writer of this dissertation thoroughly and critically evaluates the extent to which it is combating domestic violence against women by men who abuse their rights under customary law in Zimbabwe’s highly patriarchal society. Using as the research’s focus the actual experiences (or ‘lived realities’) of women clients […]
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COMPETING RIGHTS BETWEEN COMMERCIAL USERS AND ORDINARY USERS IN ACCESSING NATURAL SPRING WATER: A CASE STUDY OF MATUKENG, MASERU, LESOTHO

Casting her mind back to an intriguing complaint of alleged sabotage which crossed her desk in the Ministry of Natural Resources, the legal officer who conducted this study journeyed to the peace-loving village community of Matukeng, about 20km from Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, in an attempt to understand more fully a conflict over access […]
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REALISING WOMEN’S ACCESS TO LAND: A CRITICAL ANAYSIS OF THE MALAWI CUSTOMARY LAND BILL

This thesis presents the findings of a study conducted to critically analyse the proposed Malawi Customary Land Bill with the aim of understanding how the formalisation of land under the Bill will affect women’s access to land and land rights in general. Taking women’s experiences as the starting point, the study engaged women from matrilineal […]
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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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