Masters Dissertation

SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE! INTERROGATING THE RIGHTS AND LEGAL RECOGNITION OF INTERSEX PERSONS IN KENYA

An intersex person is one whose biological sex cannot be classified clearly as either male or female. This ambiguity may be anatomical, hormonal, gonadal or chromosomal. Intersex births are estimated at between 1.7% (Nthumba, 2008) and 3% (Haas, 2006) or between 748,000 and 1,320,000 of Kenya’s population which is estimated at around 44 million people. […]
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SILENT TEARS: “THE CONTINUED VIOLATION OF WIDOWS’ INHERITANCE RIGHTS IN ZAMBIA.” A STUDY OF WIDOWS EXPERIENCES IN KITWE DISTRICT OF THE COPPERBELT PROVINCE

This dissertation explores how, upon their husband’s death, poor illiterate widows often suffer, at the hands of unscrupulous family members, severe economic, physical, social and cultural hardships in breach of their right to inherit from his estate. Several enlightening methodologies (especially the Grounded Theory and Women’s Law Approaches) are combined and implemented with appropriate data […]
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THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICALITIES OF TAPPING INTO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE WOMEN’S COMPETITIVE PARTICIPATION IN CRAFT BASED BUSINESSES IN ZIMBABWE. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE BATSIRANAI GROUP OF WOMEN – DZIVARASEKWA AND THE DOMBOSHAVA WOMEN IN BASKETRY

The original intention of this research was to explore the extent to which the Intellectual Property (IP) framework could be invoked to improve the competitive business skills of women in the informal craft industry sector who manufacture and sell their own products. The field of research comprised two groups of people, one group of 15 […]
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WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER. A CASE OF CYCLONE IDAI, CHIMANIMANI, ZIMBABWE

The important issue of providing women and vulnerable groups access to water and sanitation following environmental disasters is an on-going global debate. Since women and girls are the primary users of water and sanitation, they are the most severely affected by disasters which destroy or limit their access to them. Accordingly, disaster management exercises should […]
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SEX, CONSENT AND POWER: A CASE STUDY OF SEX-RELATED CULTURAL PRACTICES AMONG THE LUO COMMUNITY OF KENYA

This dissertation exposes how, under the current contradictory provisions of Kenya’s Constitution, Luo men remain free to order the core of the life of their community around the brutal, routine and systematic sexual domination of their women. Using ‘taboo’ or the fear of disobeying superstition (euphemistically called ‘culture’) as their excuse, these men (in collusion […]
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SEX EDUCATION: AT CHIPADZE AND HERMAIN GMEINER SECONDARY SCHOOL(S) IN BINDURA, ZIMBABWE: CONTEXTUALIZING GENDER, LEGAL, HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORKS AND SOCIAL REALITIES

This dissertation, written by a Magistrate, focuses on sex education within Zimbabwe’s Secondary School curriculum currently delivered through Guidance and Counselling (G & C) lessons to male and female students from Forms 1 to 4 (about 13-16 years of age). This sex education programme falls within the broader context of sexual and reproductive health information […]
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SELF EMPLOYED RURAL WOMEN AND SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES: ANALYSING THE EFFICACY OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH FUND IN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES: A CASE STUDY OF ARUSHA DISTRICT COUNCIL, TANZANIA.

Using a case study approach, this dissertation seeks to determine the success or otherwise of the Community Health Fund Scheme (a government national   medical insurance scheme) in making health care affordable and accessible to   self-employed rural Maasai women in the district of Arusha, Tanzania. Written by the legal officer who drafted the Funds’ […]
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