Research Papers

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5585UN CharterCHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE – SAN …2023/10/19Download
5584UN Protocol on traffickingPROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SUPPRESS AND PUNISH TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SUPPLEMENTING THE …2023/10/19Download
5578UNGA Resolution 2526RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SIXTH COMMITTEE2023/10/19Download
5574Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 19692023/10/19Download
5573Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action2023/10/19Download
5434Law reform: Whose responsibility? Analysis of efforts made towards reforming marriage laws in Zimbabwe in light of human rights instruments, as experienced by the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association ( ZWLA)This article looks at the law reform process and critically examines the efforts made so …2023/09/28Download
5435Legal assistance for indigent women A critical analysis of services provided by Zimbabwe Women lawyers association in Bulawayo2023/09/28Download
5408ZIMBABWE’S FOREST LAWS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ACCESS, CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF FOREST RESOURCES BY RURAL WOMENThis dissertation exposes the legal and other obstacles which prevent rural women, Zimbabwe’s traditional environmental …2023/09/28Download
5407WOMEN’S VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST ABUSIVE PARTNERS IN ZAMBIA: A CRITIQUE OF THE DEFENCE OF ‘PROVOCATION’The objectives of this study, conducted by a Zambian law enforcement officer, were to: (i) …2023/09/28Download
5406WOMEN’S BODIES AS TOOLS OF WAR AND TERROR DURING THE POST ELECTION VIOLENCE (PEV) IN KENYA (December 2007- 2008) AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR JUSTICE (Experiences of the Internally Displaced Women at Nakuru/Naivasha area)Two years after the horror of Kenya’s inter-tribal post election violence (PEV), the writer of …2023/09/28Download
5405WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN WATER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES OF DIFFERENT WATER PROVIDERS. A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY WATER PROJECTS AND WATER KIOSKS IN NAKURU, KENYAUnable to satisfy the nation’s need for water, the Kenyan Government has, in the case …2023/09/28Download
5403WOMEN’ ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF MODELS’ ASSESSMENT IN FACILITATING WOMEN TO GENERATE SOCIAL-FINANCIAL CAPITAL IN MWANZA CITY, TANZANIASustained and meaningful economic development remains beyond the reach of the majority of Tanzania’s poorer …2023/09/28Download
5402PARTICIPATION OF RURAL WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN MUREWA DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE: WOMEN WALKING POLITICAL PATHS!The writer of this dissertation, a local NGO officer, uses her inside knowledge of the …2023/09/28Download
5401The factors influencing the decisions of women refugees to leave camps or settlements and settle in Kampala City2023/09/28Download
5400The dilemmas of an African woman politician at the crossroads: law, reality and patriarchy2023/09/28Download
5399The Zambian women parliamentarians caucus: Making inroads into the legislative process2023/09/28Download
5398WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (‘ICT’): AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF THE USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN CONDUCTING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS IN ZIMBABWEThis dissertation focuses on the benefits and challenges of women entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe seeking to …2023/09/28Download
5397Women as offenders – the social and legal circumstances of women who commit crimes: A case study of selected prisons in Malawi2023/09/28Download
5396WOMEN AND GIRLS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND THEIR ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT FOR OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS (OIs) IN HARARE, ZIMBABWEZimbabwe is one of the countries in Sub Saharan Africa whose women have not escaped …2023/09/28Download
5395WOMEN AND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE TANZANIAN MINING INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY OF BARRICK NORTH MARA GOLD MINE LIMITEDThis dissertation appears to be the first piece of Tanzanian research which, using a case …2023/09/28Download
5394CHALLENGES WOMEN FACE IN OBTAINING REDRESS THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RAPE CASES: A CASE STUDY OF HANDENI DISTRICT, TANGA REGION, TANZANIARape is a crime, human rights abuse and public health concern. Although rape is a …2023/09/28Download
5393WIDOWS AND THE RIGHT TO REMARRIAGE IN LESOTHO: A RIGHT AT THE CROSSROADSThis dissertation, written by a former Master of the High Court in Lesotho, offers a …2023/09/28Download
5392WHO IS FOOLING WHO? WOMEN AND THE (NON) MANAGEMENT OF MENSTRUATION IN POLICE AND COURT CELLS IN MALAWIWritten by an experienced judge at the forefront of prison reform, this long-overdue study highlights …2023/09/28Download
5391WHAT ARE WE DOING TO RURAL WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP? A CASE STUDY OF THE NONRECOGNITION AND DIVERTED ATTENTION OF WOMEN ENGAGED IN VEGETABLE FARMING IN MUTOKO, ZIMBABWEThis dissertation traces how certain widely-held, false stereotypical perceptions of rural women vegetable farmers have …2023/09/28Download
5390WATER IN THEORY BUT NOT IN PRACTICE: INTEROGATING THE PROVISION OF WATER TO WOMEN MANAGING VISUAL DISABILITY IN EPWORTH AND MABVUKU, HARARE, ZIMBABWEThe plight of visually impaired women in the high density areas of Epworth and Mabvuku …2023/09/28Download
5389Access to clean water in the southern region of Mozambique and its implications for girls’ right to education2023/09/28Download
5387Gendered implication of access to clean water for the girl child: A case study in two rural villages in Ethiopia2023/09/28Download
5386Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna on 25 June 19932023/09/28Download
5385Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 19692023/09/28Download
5384IMPACT OF POOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SEWER AND SEWAGE MANAGEMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON WOMEN IN KADOMA2023/09/28Download
5383Resolutions adopted on the reports of the sixth coommittee2023/09/28Download
5404PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SUPPRESS AND PUNISH TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SUPPLEMENTING THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME2023/09/28Download
5286CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE2023/09/28Download
5379Universal Declaration of Human Rights2023/09/28Download
5354TOWARDS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THE LEGAL AID SYSTEM IN ZIMBABWE: CHALLENGES INDIGENT WOMEN FACE IN INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS AND ENFORCING JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL MATTERSThis research, carried out by a legal aid lawyer with the government’s Legal Aid Directorate, …2023/09/28Download
5353STRENGTHENING THE EVIDENCE COLLECTION PROCESS IN RAPE CASES IN ZIMBABWE INVOLVING CHILDREN BELOW THE AGES OF 12 YEARSThis dissertation explores the evidence collection process for rape cases involving minors below the age …2023/09/28Download
5352TOGETHER IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS: A POLICY AND STRATEGIES ANALYSIS ON MEN`S INVOLVEMENT IN PROMOTING WOMEN`S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS IN MALAWIThe writer of this dissertation asserts that concerted national campaigns to improve the reproductive and …2023/09/28Download
5351HAVE YOU SEEN HER? IN SEARCH OF THE STREET GIRL CHILD IN KADOMA AND HER SECURITY CONCERNS.2023/09/28Download
5350INITIATION CEREMONIES AND GIRLS’RIGHTS TO EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF THYOLO DISTRICT RURAL AREAS IN MALAWIThis study notes that the sexual abuse in the guise of harmful cultural practices that …2023/09/28Download
5349A THIRD SEX IDENTITY: ASSESSING CULTURAL AND STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AGAINST INTERSEX PEOPLE IN TANZANIAThis is a study involving intersex people and their lived realities in Tanzania. The study …2023/09/28Download
5348THE THORNS BEHIND BLOOMING ROSES: THE IMPACT OF THE LAW ON THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF WOMEN ON FLOWER FARMS IN NAIVASHA, KENYAThe writer of this dissertation, a lawyer, studies the abuse of the rights of women …2023/09/28Download
5347THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IN DEALING WITH VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON RAPE CASES IN LUSAKA T OWN IN ZAMBIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF STRENGTHS, CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGESGuided overall by the Women Law’s Approach, the writer of this dissertation, a Zambian police …2023/09/28Download
5346THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY TELECENTRES IN PROMOTING RURAL WOMEN FARMERS’ ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AND MARKETS: A CRITICAL EVELUATION OF CHINYUNYU COMMUNITY MULTIPURPOSE TELECENTRE (‘CCMT’) IN CHONGWE DISTRICT, ZAMBIAThe concept of community multipurpose telecentres is used by most developing countries, including Zambia, as …2023/09/28Download
5345THE ROLE OF CHIEFS’ COURTS IN WOMENS’ ACCESS TO JUSTICE: A CASE STUDY OF THE COURTS OF CHIEF MAKONI, CHIEF SEKE AND CHIEF CHIMOYO IN ZIMBABWEThe question posed by the lawyer who writes this dissertation on women’s access to justice …2023/09/28Download
5344THE RIGHT TO LAND, CLEAN WATER, FOOD AND SHELTER: A CASE STUDY OF THE GENDERED EFFECTS ON SQUATTERS OF THE CONSTITUTION’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS THESE RIGHTS IN MOGOTIO, KENYASquatters, especially poor illiterate women, are particularly vulnerable to breaches of their human socio-economic rights …2023/09/28Download
5343THE RIGHT TO A PEACEFUL EXISTENCE AND PARTICIPATION IN PEACE BUILDING INITIATIVES: A GENDERED CRITIQUE OF THE IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF PEACE INITIATIVES IN NJORO DISTRICT, KENYAThis dissertation critically analyses the reasons why, despite being the target of various governmental and …2023/09/28Download
5342THE REPORTING OF RAPE CASES TO THE POLICE: An investigation on how rape victims are handled at the reporting stage at the police station and the bureaucratic procedure of getting the medical report and its impact on the victims of rape in Uganda: Kampala as a case studyUsing several modern methodologies, in particular, the Women’s Law Approach, and suitable data collection methods, …2023/09/28Download
5341THE QUEST FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN ZAMBIA’S NURSING SCHOOLS & COLLEGES OF EDUCATION: INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO PREGNANCIES IN SELECTED COLLEGES IN ZAMBIAIn the quest for gender equality in Zambia’s colleges of education and nursing schools, the …2023/09/28Download
5340THE QUEST FOR A GENDER SENSITIVE BUDGET: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS DURING BUDGET SESSIONS IN MALAWIThis research seeks to improve Malawi’s national budget making process in Parliament by making it …2023/09/28Download
5339THE QUALITY OF WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE VERTICAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN EMPLOYMENT IN ZIMBABWEAN PARASTATALSAlthough more and more women are gradually entering Zimbabwe’s formal labour market, the majority of …2023/09/28Download
5338THE POTENTIAL FOR THE UTILISATION OF DEFENCES OF PROVOCATION AND SELF DEFENCE FOR WOMEN IN TANZANIA WHO KILL THEIR VIOLENT INTIMATE PARTNERS: BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIESIn this dissertation the writer employs a meaningful combination of methodologies and methods of collecting …2023/09/28Download
5337THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE RIGHT OF PREGNANT WOMEN TO MATERNAL HEALTH IN ZIMBABWE. A CASE SUDY OF HARARE HOSPITALThis dissertation examines the extent to which the current economic meltdown of the Zimbabwean economy …2023/09/28Download
5336THE GENDERED EFFECTS OF GAZZETEMENT OF INDIGENOUS LAND AS A GAME RESERVE. A CASE STUDY OF THE ENDOROIS TRIBE IN RELATION TO LAKE BOGORIA GAME RESERVE, RIFT VALLEY, KENYAThe writer of this dissertation, a social worker, employs a combination of modern research methodologies …2023/09/28Download
5335THE EFFICACY OF THE NEW KENYAN LABOUR LAWS OF 2007 IN ADDRESSING MATERNITY LEAVE: WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN NAIROBI AND NAIVASHA DISTRICTS OF KENYAThe writer of this dissertation, an experienced senior legal officer in Kenya’s Ministry of Labour, …2023/09/28Download
5334THE EFFICACY OF THE FAMILY SUPPORT TRUST (‘FST’) POST RAPE COUNSELLING FOR GIRL-CHILDREN AGED 3 TO 12 YEARS IN HARARE, ZIMBABWEZimbabwe’s recent economic meltdown has given rise to an increasing number of sexual attacks against …2023/09/28Download
5333THE EFFICACY OF THE ‘JURISPRUDENCE OF EQUALITY PROGRAM’ (‘JEP’) IN TRAINING KENYAN JUDICIAL OFFICERS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITYIt was during her attendance on the Masters in Women’s Law Program at SEARCWL that …2023/09/28Download
5310THE DETERRENCE AND AWARENESS VALUE OF THE SENSITIVE REPORTING OF RAPE CASES BY TANZANIAN NEWSPAPERSThis study is an examination of the media’s contribution to eliminate gender based violence, in …2023/09/28Download
5309The case for delivering credit with education in contrast to delivering credit only to the rural poor2023/09/28Download
5308THE CAPACITY OF THE LAW TO ADDRESS THE CONSEQUENCES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (‘DV’) FOR WOMEN IN TANZANIA: A CASE STUDY OF BUKOBA DISTRICT, TANZANIAThis dissertation explores Tanzania’s long-overdue need to pass into law specific Domestic Violence (‘DV’) legislation …2023/09/28Download
5307THE BURDENED WITNESS: CATERING FOR THE NEEDS OF MOTHERS WITH SMALL CHILDREN REQUIRED TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL TRIALS IN ZIMBABWEThis dissertation shows that the universal, but harmful, practice of removing small children from their …2023/09/28Download
5306An Identification and Analysis of the Security Situation of Elderly Women in Kadoma2023/09/28Download
5305AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLINGS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (DV FEMICIDE): A CASE OF ENTUMBANE SUBURB, BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWEThis research, conducted by a policeman, shows that the failure to contain the crime of …2023/09/28Download
5304PERCEPTIONS OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE REHABILITATION OF VICTIMS OF DEFILEMENT IN ZAMBIA: KATETE DISTRICT AS A CASE STUDYThis dissertation evaluates the quality of the Zambian government’s provision of rehabilitation services to child …2023/09/28Download
5303Chetu si change! A FOCUS ON LAW, ISLAM AND WOMEN’S MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN MOMBASA, KENYAMany Muslim women in Mombasa contribute to matrimonial property either directly or indirectly. An investigation …2023/09/28Download
5302A CRITICAL STUDY OF WOMEN’S VULNERABILITY TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ZAMBIAIn a bid to fight the scourge of human trafficking, the Government of the Republic …2023/09/28Download
5301SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE! INTERROGATING THE RIGHTS AND LEGAL RECOGNITION OF INTERSEX PERSONS IN KENYAAn intersex person is one whose biological sex cannot be classified clearly as either male …2023/09/28Download
5300AN ANALYSIS OF OVERCROWDING AND INADEQUATE URBAN HOUSING AND ITS EFFECT ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: A CASE OF WOMEN IN KADOMA2023/09/28Download
5299SILENT TEARS: “THE CONTINUED VIOLATION OF WIDOWS’ INHERITANCE RIGHTS IN ZAMBIA.” A STUDY OF WIDOWS EXPERIENCES IN KITWE DISTRICT OF THE COPPERBELT PROVINCEThis dissertation explores how, upon their husband’s death, poor illiterate widows often suffer, at the …2023/09/28Download
5298SHOULD SEXUAL HARASSMENT BE CRIMINALISED? A STUDY OF SELECTED DEPARTMENTS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF HARARE, ZIMBABWE2023/09/28Download
5297THE 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 BASKETRYThe original intention of this research was to explore the extent to which the Intellectual …2023/09/28Download
5296WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER. A CASE OF CYCLONE IDAI, CHIMANIMANI, ZIMBABWEThe important issue of providing women and vulnerable groups access to water and sanitation following …2023/09/28Download
5295The problems that sexually active teenagers experience in accessing contraceptive information and services in Lusaka (urban) and Sesheke (rural) Zambia2023/09/28Download
5294Underplaying women’s sexuality to control women– the case of polygynyThis essay is an analysis of how women’s sexuality is played out in polygynous unions …2023/09/28Download
5293Sexual harassment at the workplace: A case study of the Uganda police force2023/09/28Download
5292SEX, CONSENT AND POWER: A CASE STUDY OF SEX-RELATED CULTURAL PRACTICES AMONG THE LUO COMMUNITY OF KENYAThis dissertation exposes how, under the current contradictory provisions of Kenya’s Constitution, Luo men remain …2023/09/28Download
5291SEX EDUCATION: AT CHIPADZE AND HERMAIN GMEINER SECONDARY SCHOOL(S) IN BINDURA, ZIMBABWE: CONTEXTUALIZING GENDER, LEGAL, HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORKS AND SOCIAL REALITIESThis dissertation, written by a Magistrate, focuses on sex education within Zimbabwe’s Secondary School curriculum …2023/09/28Download
5288SELF 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 …2023/09/28Download
5287A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POOR WATER AND SANITATION, CAUSES, IMPACT AND PANACEA: A STUDY OF KADOMA’S HIGH DENSITY AREAS2023/09/28Download
5290The Constitution OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, 19962023/09/28Download
5277RURAL WOMEN’S RIGHT TO MATERNAL HEALTH CARE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER DELIVERY: A FOCUS ON WOMEN IN ROMSLEY RESETTLEMENT AREA OF RUSAPE DISTRICT, MANICALAND, ZIMBABWEZimbabwe has made commitments – global, regional and national – towards the fulfilment of the …2023/09/27Download
5276Rural women’s access to health service delivery in the light of human rights and international conventions on health2023/09/27Download
5273SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW RELATING TO A RAPE VICTIM’S RIGHT TO COMPENSATION.THE CASE OF LINDI, TANZANIAIn the Lindi Region of Tanzania (and possibly throughout the whole of Tanzania), victims of …2023/09/27Download
5272‘RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE’: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROVISION OF POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PEP) TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF CONTRACTING HIV/AIDS. A CASE STUDY OF 7 CLINICS AND 1 HOSPITAL IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIAThis dissertation, written by a former policeman who headed Zambia’s VSU (Victim Support Unit), investigates …2023/09/27Download
5262TOWARDS CURBING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SENTENCING PATTERNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS IN HARARE, MBARE AND CHITUNGWIZA MAGISTRATES’ COURTSThis research seeks to reduce the incidence of the serious gender-based crime of domestic violence …2023/09/27Download
5261RETHINKING THE GENERAL LAW OF GUARDIANSHIP AND ADOPTION IN LINE WITH THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC REALITIES OF DOUBLE ORPHANS IN ZIMBABWEThis dissertation investigates what political, legal, cultural and economic factors have caused the growing number …2023/09/27Download
5260Using Women’s Voices and Experiences to Interrogate the Efficacy of the International Criminal Justice System (ICJS): The Case of the Rwanda 1994 GenocideThis study analyses the interactions between the International Criminal Justice System (ICJS) and survivor witnesses …2023/09/27Download
5259‘REMEMBER POTIPHER’S WIFE’: THE ‘RULE’ ON CORROBORATION IN RAPE AND DEFILEMENT OFFENCES. A SYSTEMATIC VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN MALAWIThe writer of this dissertation, a Magistrate, reveals that the failure of victims of rape …2023/09/27Download
5258The factors influencing the decisions of women refugees to leave camps or settlements and settle in Kampala City2023/09/27Download
5257RECONCEPTUALIZING SWAHILI TRADITIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM UNDER UTU AND UBINADAMU VALUES FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF THE SWAHILI COMMUNITY IN DAR-ES-SALAM CITY, TANZANIAIn terms of various binding and/or persuasive local, regional and international Human Rights instruments, it …2023/09/27Download
5256REALISING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: AN ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE CHALLENGES IN INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) CAMPS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYAThe internally displaced persons (IDPs) phenomenon has been of increasing concern not only in Kenya …2023/09/27Download
5233SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN LESOTHO: A FEMINIST CRITIQUEAdolescence is a phase of human development that leads to adulthood. Among other things, a …2023/09/27Download
5243PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’RIGHTS2023/09/27Download
5242Protecting teenage girls from HIV/AIDS: The role of the state and society in Tanzania2023/09/27Download
5241PROBLEMATIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITHIN SOWETO SLUM IN NAIROBI COUNTY IN KENYAAlthough the gender-based crime of domestic violence is the most prevalent form of violence against …2023/09/27Download
5240Privatization, commercialization of water services and its implication for women’s access to and control of water: a case study of Njoro community water project2023/09/27Download
5239PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND THE RIGHT TO CONTROL FERTILITY BY YOUNG WOMEN AGED 15 TO 24 YEARS: A CASE STUDY OF LILONGWE PERI URBAN AREAS, MALAWIThis dissertation seeks to explain why, despite the sufficient funding to implement its policies which …2023/09/27Download
5238Women’s access to potable water and sanitation as a human right A case study of Alaska and Shackleton settlements in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe2023/09/27Download
5236The Policy and Legislative Framework for Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme and its Implications on Women’s Rights to Agricultural LandThis study explores the rights of Zimbabwean women to access agricultural land on the basis …2023/09/27Download
5235PEADOPHILIA NOT ‘CHILD MARRIAGE’: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ‘CHILD MARRIAGES’ IN THE APOSTOLIC SECTS IN ZIMBABWEThis research interrogates and critically analyzes the issue of ‘child marriages’ in two major Apostolic …2023/09/27Download
5234Role of women in peace-building in Kenya: Focusing on the 1992 Rift-valley land clashes2023/09/27Download
5232Exploring the legal and social parameters of equal and joint parental responsibility of minor children in Zimbabwe2023/09/27Download
5212RURAL WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS: A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF GOLD MINING ON WOMEN’S LIVELIHOODS AND FAMILY FOOD SECURITY IN KOGELO, ALEGO, KENYAThe author of this study examines the effectiveness of legislation in securing rural women’s land …2023/09/27Download
5211‘OUT, BUT NOT MISSING OUT’. A STUDY OF THE IMPLICATIONS AND COPING STRATEGIES RESULTING FROM THE EXCLUSION OF THE FEMALE-DOMINATED INFORMAL SECTOR FROM THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES IN ZIMBABWEThis dissertation examines the resourcefulness of Zimbabwe’s informal traders (mostly women) in creating their own …2023/09/27Download
5210‘ROSES AND THORNS’: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LABOUR PRACTICES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON WOMEN LABOURERS ON SELECTED FLOWER FARMS IN KENYAThe Kenyan export flower industry, which generates millions of dollars worth of precious foreign exchange …2023/09/27Download
5209‘THE DEVIL IN THE DETAIL’: ENVISIONING AN ENGENDERED LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK GOVERNING WOMEN’S VILLAGE SAVINGS AND LOAN SCHEMES (WVSLSs) IN MALAWI: A CASE STUDY OF THE KAPULA AND TAKONDWERA WVSLSsUsing the unique grounded women’s law approach, this research reveals how the gender-insensitive and essentially …2023/09/27Download
5208OPERATIONALIZATION OF MALAWI’S PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT: A FOCUS ON WOMEN AND THE VICTIM SUPPORT UNITThis study notes that Malawi’s Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, 2006 is such a positive …2023/09/27Download
5207AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION MEASURES FOR TACKLING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SELECTED UN AGENCIES IN HARARE, ZIMBABWEDomestic violence (DV) is a problem which occurs in some UN families (meaning families of …2023/09/27Download
5206EVALUATING THE ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATION STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE’S COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT?This study focuses on examining the academic assessment and examination, systems and structures as they …2023/09/27Download
5205AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHALLENGES FACED BY FEMALE EXPRISONERS WHEN RE-INTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY: THE CASE OF MAULA, MZUZU AND MZIMBA PRISONS IN MALAWIThis research examines the rehabilitation and re-integration programmes for female prisoners in at least 3 …2023/09/27Download
5204FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND THE SOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF BANKET, ZIMBABWEThe need to scale up financial inclusion efforts is as imperative as the need to …2023/09/27Download
5203THE OPERATIONALISATION OF HIV STATUS DISCLOSURE: THE USE OF DISCRETION TO DISCLOSE BY HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN: THE CASE OF MALAWI’S HIV AND AIDS (PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, NO. 12 OF 2017 _____________________________________________________The recent enactment of Malawi’s HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Management) Act, 2017 allows, among …2023/09/27Download
5202‘PUTTING MAN FIRST’: UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MARRIAGES IN THE CITY OF HARARE’S LOW INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP POLICY AND PRACTICE. THE CASE OF BUDIRIRO HIGH DENSITY SUBURB, HARARE, ZIMBABWEThis research examines the various dimensions of unfair discrimination against women in formal and informal …2023/09/27Download
5201‘A DIME IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT OUT OF REACH’: AN INVESTIGATION INTO WOMEN’S RIGHTS TO COMMUNAL LAND IN ZIMBABWE UPON DIVORCE AND SEPARATION. A CASE STUDY OF GUTUMUPANDAWANA IN ZIMBABWE.This research investigates how lack of access, control and ownership of communal land affects rural …2023/09/27Download
5200SHONA SOCIETY IN ZIMBABWE IS SANCTIONING THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF CHIRAMUChiramu is a Shona cultural practice that entails the breaking down of barriers between in-laws …2023/09/27Download
5199INTERROGATING THE RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS OF RETURNING DAUGHTERS TO LAND IN COMMUNAL AREAS. A STUDY CONDUCTED IN SEKE COMMUNAL LANDS IN ZIMBABWE.The study interrogated the land rights of returning daughters in communal areas. The study was …2023/09/27Download
5198AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPLIANCE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR FEMALE SUSPECTS HELD IN CUSTODY IN POLICE STATIONS IN HARARE WITH THE 2013 ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONConducted by a public prosecutor, this ground-breaking research critically analyses the extent to which the …2023/09/27Download
5197ACCESS TO SOURCES OF ENERGY FOR RURAL WOMEN IN ZIMBABWE: CASE STUDY OF WARD 3, SEKE DISTRICTThis dissertation focuses on access to sources of energy for rural women in light of …2023/09/27Download
5196Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women2023/09/27
5195Following God’s constitution: The gender dimensions in the Ogiek claim to the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya2023/09/27Download
5194LOCATING WOMEN FROM ‘SUSPECT COMMUNITIES’ WITHIN KENYAN COUNTER-TERRORISM DISCOURSE: TOWARD A GROUNDED FEMINIST INQUIRYThe impact of terrorism and counter-terrorism in Kenya cannot be understated. In the wake of …2023/09/27Download
5193OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY DISABLED WOMEN IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PUBLIC CIVIL SERVICE IN TANZANIA: A CASE STUDY OF DAR ES SALAAMAs a signatory to several regional and international Human Rights instruments, the Tanzanian Government has …2023/09/27Download
5191EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROTECTION ORDERS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT (NO. 5 of 2006) IN MALAWI – A CASE STUDY OF BLANTYRE DISTRICTMalawi passed the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (PDVA) in 2006 with the objective of …2023/09/27Download
5179THE 50/50 DEBATE: AN INTERROGATION OF WOMEN’S EQUAL PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS IN ZIMBABWEWomen’s participation in politics is now regarded as an important measure of their status in …2023/09/27Download
5178AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LAW IN DEALING WITH CHILD MARRIAGES. A CASE STUDY OF ZIMUNYA (MARANGE), ZIMBABWEThis research, conducted by a sociologist, investigates the effectiveness of the law in dealing with …2023/09/27Download
5177AN ANALYSIS OF THE LAW AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT’S AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS’ INTERVENTIONS IN CURBING UNDER-AGE COMMERCIAL SEX WORK IN EPWORTH AND ALONG THE MUKUVISI RIVER BANK, HARARE, ZIMBABWEChild prostitution has become a global phenomenon which raises concern and alarm. In Zimbabwe children …2023/09/27Download
5176THE IMPACT OF URBAN EXPANSION INTO PERI-URBAN COMMUNAL AREAS ON RURAL WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS: A CASE STUDY OF SEKE COMMUNAL AREA, ZIMBABWEThe author of this dissertation’s love of her rural upbringing has long made her alive …2023/09/27Download
5175AN INVESTIGATION INTO ADULTERY AS A GROUND FOR DIVORCE UNDER CUSTOMARY LAW IN PATRILINEAL MARRIAGES IN ZAMBIAThe objective of this research was to explore ways and means of strengthening equal rights …2023/09/27Download
5174‘A JOURNEY THROUGH MATERNITY’: AN ANALYSIS OF INTERVENTIONS FOR REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL ZIMBABWE: A CASE STUDY OF MURAMBINDA MISSION HOSPITAL AND SURROUNDING CLINICS2023/09/27Download
5173AN ANALYSIS OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS IN ZAMBIA: A CASE STUDY OF KANSENSHI AND KAMFINSA CORRECTIONAL CENTRES IN THE COPPERBELT REGIONStudying on SEARCWL’s Women’s Law Programme made the writer, a Correctional Officer in the Zambia …2023/09/27Download
5168EMPOWERING KENYAN WOMEN THROUGH THE WOMEN’S ENTERPRISE FUND: BACKWARD PROGRESS?This study sought to investigate the impact of the Women’s Enterprise Fund (WEF) on women’s …2023/09/27Download
5165‘WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT’: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH (MSA) IN THE SPEEDY FINALISATION OF JUVENILE RAPE CASES: A CASE STUDY OF THE ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP), MAKONDE DISTRICT, ZIMBABWEIn Zimbabwe, there is a growing concern that while reported rapes against juveniles are soaring …2023/09/27Download
5163AN EXPLORATION INTO WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ ENJOYMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND ASSOCIATION IN EPWORTH, HARARE, ZIMBABWEThis research sought to discover whether women and girls in today’s Zimbabwe experience more or …2023/09/27Download
5162GENDER AND SOCIAL SECURITY IN ZIMBABWE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN THE INFORMAL SECTORThis dissertation interrogates the provision of and access to social security from a gendered perspective …2023/09/27Download
5139MATERNITY RIGHTS IN TANZANIA AND THE LIVED REALITIES OF FEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS’ ENJOYMENT OF MATERNITY BENEFITS: A CASE STUDY OF DOMESTIC WORKERS WORKING IN ILALA AND TEMEKE DISTRICT IN THE DAR ES SALAAM REGIONThrough its Employment and Labour Relations Act („ELRA‟), 2004 (which is generally applicable to all …2023/09/27Download
5137‘BOOM OR GLOOM?’ AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF MINING ACTIVITIES ON THE LIVELIHOODS OF FEMALE SMALL HOLDER FARMERS IN ZVISHAVANE DISTRICT, ZIMBABWEMany studies have focused on how mining activities have affected local communities however very few …2023/09/27Download
5136IS MARRIAGE A HAVEN OR A RISK FOR WOMEN IN ZIMBABWE IN THE ERA OF HIV/AIDS: INTERROGATING WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN MARRIAGEThe study sought to establish the extent to which civil and registered customary marriages in …2023/09/27Download
5135“BLESSING OR CURSE’’: THE ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR MINERAL EXTRACTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON RURAL WOMEN’S LIVELIHOODS: A CASE OF SHURUGWI, ZIMBABWEThere have been many discussions about how the livelihoods women, their families and ultimately their …2023/09/27Download
5134WORK OR EXPLOITATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLIGHT OF THE GIRL CHILD WHO IS EMPLOYED AS A DOMESTIC WORKER IN THE BUDIRIRO SUBURB OF HARARE, ZIMBABWEIn the wake of Zimbabwe’s economic crisis, school drop-out rates for girls is rapidly increasing …2023/09/27Download
5133WOMEN’S ACCESS TO COMMUNAL LAND: A CASE STUDY OF SIABUWA, BINGA, ZIMBABWEWhile it is appreciated that Zimbabwe’s gender equality legal framework has improved, a great deal …2023/09/27Download
5138GENDER DIMENSIONS OF ACCESSING BUSINESS LOANS FOR MICRO AND SMALL BUSINESSES: A CASE STUDY OF CHIPATA DISTRICT IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF ZAMBIAThis dissertation explores solutions to failing micro and small businesses of informal women traders in …2023/09/27Download
5104EXPLORING THE CAUSES OF LOW CONVICTION RATES IN TEENAGE AND ADULT RAPE CASES IN THE HARARE REGIONAL MAGISTRATES COURTS, ZIMBABWEThis dissertation explores how Zimbabwe’s criminal justice system, in particular the Regional Magistrates Courts in …2023/09/26Download
5103CAN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE BE AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF JUSTICE TO RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ZAMBIA? A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SECTION 8 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, CHAPTER 88 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIAIn view of the growing prison population and the government’s inadequate budgetary funding of the …2023/09/26Download
5102WOMEN’S RIGHT TO LAND: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES OF INHERITED LAND UNDER CUSTOMARY LAW AND ISLAMIC LAW: A CASE OF ILEMELA DISTRICT MWANZA, TANZANIAWomen’s substantive right to inherit land from their deceased husband’s estate and their ability to …2023/09/26Download
5111“MORE THAN ADVICE!”: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNSELLING AS AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR WOMEN COMPLAINANTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2006, IN MALAWIFour years after the passing of Malawi’s Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, 2006 (the ‘PDVA’), …2023/09/26Download
5101ENSURING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR PREGNANT AND PARENTING GIRLS: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RE-ENTRY POLICY IN KWEKWE, ZIMBABWEDespite the fact that Zimbabwe has been in possession of a school re-entry policy for …2023/09/26Download
5100‘WIDOWS AND DAUGHTERS WITHOUT HOPE’: INTERROGATING THE CONCEPT OF ‘CUSTOMARY HEIRSHIP’ IN LESOTHOIn Lesotho there is an alarming and disturbing practice among „customary heirs‟ who, instead of …2023/09/26Download
5099‘JUST LIVING TOGETHER’: AN ANALYSIS OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF WOMEN IN COHABITATION WHEN SUCH RELATIONSHIPS BREAK DOWN: A CASE STUDY OF MUFAKOSE AND MARIMBA SUBURBS IN HARARE, ZIMBABWEThis research investigates the discrimination that growing numbers of women who cohabit with male partners …2023/09/26Download
5098WOMEN’S ACCESS TO CREDIT: A CASE STUDY OF WOMEN MOHAIR WEAVERS IN BEREA DISTRICT, LESOTHOIn this study, the researcher, a Senior Gender Officer within the Economic Empowerment Division at …2023/09/26Download
5089Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States signed at Montevideo, December 26, 19332023/09/26Download
5088AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPLIANCE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR FEMALE SUSPECTS HELD IN CUSTODY IN POLICE STATIONS IN HARARE WITH THE 2013 ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONConducted by a public prosecutor, this ground-breaking research critically analyses the extent to which the …2023/09/26Download
5087Women’s access to credit: Is micro-finance an answer?2023/09/26Download
5084Breaking the silence on menstruation in Zimbabwe: Where does the female prisoner stand?2023/09/26Download
5082Mediation as one of the alternatives to resolving custody and maintenance disputes within the family in Kisumu, Kenya2023/09/26Download
5081WE NEED IT NOW! INTERROGATING THE CONCEPT OF AN OPEN PRISON FOR FEMALE INMATES WITH CHILDREN IN ZIMBABWEThis dissertation seeks to realise equality for female inmates in the Zimbabwean prison system by …2023/09/26Download
5077GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING (GRB) AS A TOOL FOR ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL SECURITY GAP CARRIED BY WOMEN WHO PROVIDE UNPAID CARE WORK IN THE HOME AND FAMILY: AN EVALUATION OF ZIMBABWESince time immemorial, women have provided care in the private domestic space of society. While …2023/09/26Download
5074‘WHAT CAN SHE SAY?’ EXPLORING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CHILD MARRIAGES ON WOMEN’S MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN ZIMBABWEInspired by her child bride mother who married at 15, the researcher (born into a …2023/09/26Download
5071ANALYSIS OF WOMEN FARM WORKERS’ EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS: A CASE STUDY OF COMMERCIAL FARMS IN MASHONALAND CENTRAL PROVINCE OF ZIMBABWEA case study was conducted on four commercial farms in Mashonaland Central Province and it …2023/09/26Download
5043Law reform strategies – a critical analysis of the ZWLA lobbying and advocacy programme for marriage law reform2023/09/26Download
5042Traditional marriage counsellors and HIV/AIDS: A study of Alangizi National Association of Zambia in Lusaka2023/09/26Download
5041PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA2023/09/26Download
5040CYBER BULLYING: THE CHALLENGES WOMEN AND GIRLS FACE IN SEEKING REDRESS IN CASES OF ON-LINE HARASSMENT IN ZIMBABWECyber bullying or on-line harassment is the repeated use of an on-line expression or expressions …2023/09/26Download
5039MANAGEMENT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AGAINST FEMALE TRAINEE TEACHERS: A STUDY IN TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES IN HARARE, ZIMBABWEIn this dissertation, the writer, himself a graduate the Zimbabwe teacher training college system, examines …2023/09/26Download
5038THE ADEQUACY OF THE MALAWI POLICE SERVICE’S (MPS) TRAINING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (DV)The poor performance of the Malawi Police Service (MPS) and high prevalence of domestic violence …2023/09/26Download
5037THE ALBINO VICTIM PROFILE OF RITUAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION (RSE) IN ZIMBABWE: INADEQUACIES, CONTRADICTIONS AND ANTAGONISMS IN THE LAWThis ground breaking research reveals how the unique grounded multi-disciplinary women’s law approach is an …2023/09/26Download
5036THE IMPACT OF MENSTRUAL MANAGEMENT AND THE EXPERIENCES OF SCHOOL-GOING GIRLS OF LOW SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: A CASE OF KUWADZANA, HARARE, ZIMBABWEWomen and girls all over the world continue to experience gender discrimination because of the …2023/09/26Download
5035THE ROLE OF YOUTH MEDIA BRANDS IN FULFILLING MALAWIAN GIRLS’ RIGHT TO SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION – A FOCUS ON ZATHUUsing human rights standards, state legal components and principles of health communication, this research seeks …2023/09/26Download
5034ACCESS TO MATERNAL HEALTH CARE AMONG WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE IN RESETTLEMENT AREAS OF FORMER WHITE OWNED FARMS. A CASE STUDY OF A2 FARMS IN WARD 13 OF MAKONDE DISTRICTThis study aimed to examine women of childbearing age’s access to maternal healthcare in the …2023/09/26Download
5033“THE EQUITABLE DIVISION OF THE MATRIMONIAL HOME VIOLATES WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THEIR MATRIMONIAL HOMES UPON DIVORCE”: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT LEGAL APPROACH IN THE DIVISION OF THE MATRIMONIAL HOME REGISTERED IN THE HUSBAND’S NAME UPON DIVORCE AND HOW IT VIOLATES WOMEN’S RIGHTSWomen’s rights in their matrimonial homes that are solely registered in their husbands’ names are …2023/09/26Download
5032AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHALLENGES FACED BY CIRCUMSTANTIAL CHILDREN IN ZAMBIAN PRISONS: A STUDY CARRIED OUT IN LUSAKA, KABWE, KITWE, AND NDOLA WOMEN’S PRISONS, ZAMBIAChildren living with mothers in prison are often forgotten by the authorities who fail to …2023/09/26Download
5031Legal discourse: a postmodern feminist approach to legal and residually illegal sex, with particular reference to transactional sex2023/09/26Download
5030LEFT OUT IN THE COLD: INTERROGATING THE INCLUSION OF WOMEN EMPLOYED IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN LESOTHO INTO THE FORMAL SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMThe economic crisis in Lesotho has driven masses of its citizens from the formal to …2023/09/26Download
5049Free trade and its effects on women cotton farmers in Zimbabwe: A gender perspective2023/09/26Download
5010Handling of survivors of rape as a crime against humanity, the gender perspective in the Rwandan genocide tribunal : Some lessons from the Muhimana caseThis essay finds its departure in the preparatory work in the Muhimana case1zeroing on the …2023/09/26Download
5009The case for delivering credit with education in contrast to delivering credit only to the rural poor2023/09/26Download
5008The perception and application of international law within the domestic arena – the paradigm shift in the Kenyan scenario2023/09/26Download
5007International ‘drive’ for reforms on water2023/09/26Download
5006‘A roof over my head’: The rights of a civil marriage wife under family law to the matrimonial home registered in the sole name of her husband.2023/09/26Download
5005INADEQUATE URBAN HOUSING AND THE RISK OF SOME WOMEN AND GIRLS TO SEXUAL PREDATION: A LEGAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE OF RIMUKA AND NGEZI SUBURBS IN THE CITY OF KADOMA2023/09/26Download
5004ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER FOR THE MARAKWET COMMUNITY IN KENYA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDRENThis research examines the extent to which the women and children of the marginalised and …2023/09/26Download
5003EXPANSION OF THE DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY IN RELATION TO THE PRINCIPLE OF STIPULATIO ALTERI: A CASE OF WIDOWS OF MINE WORKERS IN LESOTHOThis work was written by a legal practitioner who, before the research, had been finding …2023/09/26Download
5002Interrogating Marriage as an Organizing Framework in Land Based Businesses: A Case Study of Women Horticulture Farmers in Ward 25, Nyadire District, Mutoko, ZimbabweThis study explores married women’s rights and entitlements in horticulture businesses located in irrigation schemes …2023/09/26Download
5001AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE ADOLESCENTS. A CASE STUDY OF FEMALE ADOLESCENT GIRLS (10-17) LIVING ON THE STREET IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) OF HARARE, ZIMBABWEEmploying primarily the grounded women’s law approach, this research critically analyses the extent to which …2023/09/26Download
5000AN ASSESSMENT OF CHILD JUVENILE DETAINEES’ACCESS TO LEGAL AID IN TANZANIAThis study centres on the access to legal aid for child juvenile detainees in mainland …2023/09/26Download
4999THE REGULATION OF VAGINAL DRYING AGENTS IN ZIMBABWE: A CASE STUDY OF HARARE MARKETS AND OUTLETSThis research investigates the taboo, highly sensitive, emotive and secretive subject of the harmful cultural …2023/09/26Download
4998WOMEN’S ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: THE MALAWI CASEThis dissertation is based on a study of women‘s access to sustainable energy in Malawi. …2023/09/26Download
4997Judicial training on the use of human rights to promote gender equality: An overview of the jurisprudence of the equality programme in Kenya2023/09/26Download
4996Judicial implementation of the principle of the best interests of the child in matters relating to custody: a case study of court decisions from Ilala district, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaThis study centres on the judicial implementation of the principle of the best interests of …2023/09/26Download
4995Addressing training challenges: the Judicial College of Zimbabwe An analysis of the training needs of magistrates trained by the Judicial College of Zimbabwe2023/09/26Download
4994THE ACCESSIBLITY TO AND QUALITY OF SAFE MOTHERHOOD FOR FEMALE INMATES AT JUBA MAIN PRISON, SOUTH SUDANConscious of the sad reality that South Sudan has the highest maternal mortality rate in …2023/09/26Download
4993ISLAMIC MARRIAGES: EARLY MARRIAGES AND HIV/AIDS IN TABORA-TANZANIAThis dissertation focuses on the high risk to HIV/AIDS infection of young Muslim girls who, …2023/09/26Download
4936IS THE CRIMINALISATION OF COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS A DETERRENT TO COMMERCIAL SEX WORK? A CASE OF CAMEROONThis dissertation explores why the sex industry in Cameroon is such a thriving one, with …2023/09/26Download
4973Investigating the gendered dynamics of women’s access to voluntary testing and counselling in Malawi: A case study of Macro and Napham in Lilongwe2023/09/26Download
4972INTERROGATING THE EFFICACY OF THE LAW ON NEGLECTING TO PROVIDE NECESSITIES FOR CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA; AN ANLYSIS OF SECTION 169 OF THE PENAL CODE (AMENDMENT ACT NO.15 OF 2005): A STUDY CARRIED OUT IN CHIPATA, ZAMBIA.In order to bring its laws protecting children into line with several relevant regional and …2023/09/26Download
4971INTERROGATING COMMUNITY AND FAMILY PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS FORMER WOMEN PRISONERS AFTER REINTEGRATION: A CASE STUDY OF JINJA AND SELECTED WOMEN PRISONS IN EAST AND CENTRAL UGANDAThis research critically analyses some of the major reasons why the rehabilitation and reintegration programmes …2023/09/26Download
4970Protecting inheritance rights of women and men: The experience of Herero in the Erongo region2023/09/26Download
4969INFORMED THUMB SUCKING: THE CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS FACED BY THE MAGISTRATES COURTS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY ON THE DISSOLUTION OF MATRILINEAL CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES IN BLANTYRE, MALAWIUsing the latest research methods to highlight the condition of women, this dissertation (written by …2023/09/26Download
4968In search of relief for the rape victim – making the criminal justice system work for her2023/09/26Download
4967Maintenance of ‘illegitimate children’ in Tanzania: A right or rhetoric? A review of the Affiliation Ordinance Chapter 278This paper examines the efficacy of the law providing for maintenance of non-marital children in …2023/09/26Download
4966The General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/63/117, on 10 December 2008 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2023/09/26Download
4965Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 44/128 of 15 December 19892023/09/26Download
4964Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 entry into force 23 March 1976, in accordance with Article 92023/09/26Download
4963CRIMINALIZATION OF HIV NON-DISCLOSURE, EXPOSURE AND TRANSMISSION: IS IT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE?This research seeks to interrogate whether section 79 of Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law Codification and Reform …2023/09/26Download
4959The HIV:AIDS problem and customary marriages among the Baganda in Uganda: A discussion of some aspects of customs, lived reality and HIV/AIDS2023/09/26Download
4955HIV/AIDS in Zambia: Prospects for law reform2023/09/26Download
4952Mandatory partner notification versus the right to confidentiality in HIV and AIDS: Balancing competing rights2023/09/26Download
4949Handling of survivors of rape as a crime against humanity, the gender perspective in the Rwandan genocide tribunal : Some lessons from the Muhimana caseThis essay finds its departure in the preparatory work in the Muhimana case1zeroing on the …2023/09/26Download
4947AN ANALYSIS OF LAWS GOVERNING LAND UNDER PERMIT AND THEIR IMPACT ON WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS IN ZIMBABWEThis research seeks to analyse the laws governing land under permit and its impact on …2023/09/26Download
4945GENDERED SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST ADOLESCENTS. A CASE OF GAURURU AND MASARIRA VILLAGES IN MBERENGWA, ZIMBABWEThis study explores the reasons behind what has made “rite to passage” initiation schools so …2023/09/26Download
4939THE EFFECT OF DE-DOLLARISATION ON ZIMBABWEAN WOMEN IN CROSSBORDER TRADINGMany people in Zimbabwe, especially women, earn their living through informal crossborder trading. Many fail …2023/09/26Download
4905GARBAGE (WASTE) CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT2023/09/26Download
4904Environmental Health: A study on pests and related diseases, how they impact on women’s rights in Kadoma, Zimbabwe.2023/09/26Download
4903Papa I want to go to school Universal, free and compulsory primary education under the Children Act 2001: Some of the barriers to achieving substantive equal access for the girl child in Kenya – a case study at AIC Kajiado school2023/09/26Download
4902GIRL CHILD TRAFFICKING FROM ZIMBABWE TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVENTIONS BY GOVERNMENT AND SELECTED NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONSThe writer of this dissertation explores why Zimbabwe is a girl child traffickers’ paradise. Adopting …2023/09/26Download
4901GETTING THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS BILL BACK ON THE LEGISLATIVE TRACK; CHALLENGES, POTENTIAL INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGIESThis dissertation examines in detail the so far ill-fated journey of Uganda’s ambitious Domestic Relations …2023/09/26Download
4900GENDER STEREOTYPES IN INFANT PRIMARY TEXTBOOKS AND THE POTENTIAL EFFECT THEY HAVE ON THE SOCIALISATION AND EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE GIRL CHILD. AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN HARAREAlthough the Zimbabwe government has, with the help of the NGO community, begun to issue …2023/09/26Download
4899GENDER SENSITIVITY IN TRAINING: AN EVALUATION OF THE ZAMBIA POLICE TRAINING COLLEGE (‘ZPTC’) CURRICULUM IN LILAYI, ZAMBIAZambia is bound by several regional and international Human Rights Instruments to eliminate all forms …2023/09/26Download
4898Forest management in Zambia: A focus on women’s access to forest resources management in Chief Chiwala’s area, Masaiti district2023/09/26Download
4897PERCEPTIONS OF HARM2023/09/26Download
4896Exploring programme issues in meeting the right to adult basic education in fishing communities: The case of Kalangala district2023/09/26Download
4895The endangered girl child: Evaluation of the procedures and environment of defilement cases in the Zambia police service2023/09/26Download
4893WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN WATER GOVERNANCE AND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR A1 RESETTLEMENT FARMS IN MAZOWE CATCHMENT POST THE FAST TRACK LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME2023/09/26Download
4876Educational opportunities for refugee women and girls in Zimbabwe: A case study of refugee women and girls of the Democratic Republic of Congo2023/09/25Download
4875DUAL CITIZENSHIP AS A SOLUTION TO CITIZENSHIP CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN IN ZAMBIA. A CASE STUDY OF ZAMBIAN WOMEN MARRIED TO NONNATIONALS IN LUSAKA AND COPPERBELT PROVINCES OF ZAMBIA.As a general rule, Zambia does not recognise dual citizenship. According to Zambia’s Constitution, however, …2023/09/25Download
4874The socio-economic and legal position of domestic workers in Malawi: A case study of Zomba municipality2023/09/25Download
4873Domestic violence in Zambia: in bed with a killer Police responses to domestic violence2023/09/25Download
4872Do custody laws protect the best interests of children in Zimbabwe in the light of international instruments?The laws of custody do not fully comply with the international instruments on the rights …2023/09/25Download
4871‘ANY PERSON WHO…’ INTERROGATING THE NATURE OF POLICE TRAINING AND HOW IT INFLUENCES THE MALAWI POLICE SERVICE’S (MPS) RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCEThis research reveals that as a direct result of a lack of proper training of …2023/09/25Download
4870DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN NAIROBI, KENYA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONSThe writer of this dissertation, a lawyer, examines the delivery of services to pregnant women …2023/09/25Download
4869ACCESS TO LEGAL AID SERVICES BY THE PEOPLE IN KADOMA2023/09/25Download
4868THE 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, ZIMBABWEThe population of persons with disabilities is estimated to constitute 15% of the world population …2023/09/25Download
4867PROTECTED BUT EXPOSED: A CRITIQUE OF THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND REPORTING OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES IN THE (ZIMBABWE) MEDIAIn Zimbabwe, when women, who are the majority of victims of domestic violence, apply for …2023/09/25Download
4866An assessment of the role of financial credit for rural women in extending their palm nut farms: Case study of South West Cameroon2023/09/25Download
4865COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: EVALUATION OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY MUSASA PROJECT IN HARARE, ZIMBABWEA member of the NGO, Musasa Project, the writer of this dissertation thoroughly and critically …2023/09/25Download
4864CONSTITUTIVE ACT OF THE AFRICAN UNION2023/09/25Download
4863COMPETING RIGHTS BETWEEN COMMERCIAL USERS AND ORDINARY USERS IN ACCESSING NATURAL SPRING WATER: A CASE STUDY OF MATUKENG, MASERU, LESOTHOCasting her mind back to an intriguing complaint of alleged sabotage which crossed her desk …2023/09/25Download
4862CLAIMING MAINTENANCE FOR OUT OF WEDLOCK CHILDREN IN TANZANIASince 1949 women in Tanzania have been forced to claim maintenance for their children born …2023/09/25Download
4859An identification and analysis of the security challenges facing women and girls in Kadoma2023/09/25Download
4858REALISING WOMEN’S ACCESS TO LAND: A CRITICAL ANAYSIS OF THE MALAWI CUSTOMARY LAND BILLThis thesis presents the findings of a study conducted to critically analyse the proposed Malawi …2023/09/25Download
4855“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, ZIMBABWEAbstract This dissertation focuses on the harm suffered by teenage girls who, often forced into …2023/09/24, , Download
4852ZWLA BulawayoZWLA Bulawayo2023/09/24, , Download
4778Domestic violence in Zambia in bed with a killer Police responses to domestic violenceDomestic violence in Zambia in bed with a killer Police responses to domestic violence2023/09/10, , Download
4776Do custody laws protect the best interests of children in Zimbabwe in the light of international instrumentsDo custody laws protect the best interests of children in Zimbabwe in the light of …2023/09/10
4773‘ANY PERSON WHO…’ INTERROGATING THE NATURE OF POLICE TRAINING AND HOW IT INFLUENCES THE MALAWI POLICE SERVICE’S (MPS) RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE‘ANY PERSON WHO…’ INTERROGATING THE NATURE OF POLICE TRAINING AND HOW IT INFLUENCES THE MALAWI …2023/09/10
4758‘A roof over my head’ The rights of a civil marriage wife under family law to the matrimonial home registered in the sole name of her husband2023/08/10Download
4756‘Right To The Back Page’ – Media Coverage Of Women In Sport By National Newspapers In Zambia An Assessment Of State Compliance To Women’s Right To Sport2023/08/10Download
4754‘Two Years After Enactment’ Assessing The Efficacy Of Protection Orders In Terms Of The Domestic Violence Act (Chapter 516) No. 1420062023/08/10Download
4748“You Can’t Do It Alone, Woman!” An Analysis Of The Laws And Procedures Governing The Acquiring Of Travel Documents For Minor Children By Women In Zimbabwe2023/08/10Download
47452 Gender and Kenya education2023/08/10Download
4741Domestic-workers-Malawi2023/08/07Download
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