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Women’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: Tanzania
(2017-02)
Women’s substantives right to inherit land from their deceased husband’s estate and their ability to enforce that right through various dispute resolution mechanisms are serious problems that affect thousands of women who ...
The rules of civil procedure in the Magistrates Courts of Zimbabwe: When rules of civil procedure become an enemy of justice to self-actors
(The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2017-07)
An overview of the African human rights system
(Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 2019)
Limitation of human rights in international law and the Zimbabwean Constitution
(The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2016)
A reflection on the Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16] and harmful cultural practices in Zimbabwe
(The Zimbabwe Electronic Law Journal, 2016)
“What can she say” Exploring the negative impact of child marriages on women’s meaningful participation in the public sphere
(2017-02)
Having been born in a family of 13 by a woman who got married at 15 years of age and was abused, oppressed and refused her right to education and to participate in the public sphere, as a women’s law researcher I seek ...
" Boom or Gloom?” An examination of the impact of mining activities on the livelihoods of female small holder farmers in Zvishavane District
(2017)
Many studies have focused on how mining activities have affected local communities
however very few studies have examined the impact of the extractive industry on the
livelihood activities of rural women. The extraction ...
An analysis of the impact of perennial water problems on time and economic affordability for women working outside the home in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
(2016-04)
Every Zimbabwean has the right to safe and potable water and for women the right to water is intrinsically linked with their lives and the realisation of this right ensures for them the right to a secure livelihood. They ...
Gender and social security in Zimbabwe: An analysis of the efficacy of social security for women with disabilities in the informal sector
(2017-07)
This dissertation interrogates the provision of and access to social security from a gendered perspective with particular reference to women with disabilities in the informal sector in Zimbabwe. This is an area of great ...
Speaking the unspeakable! Interrogating the rights and legal recognition of intersex persons in Kenya
(University of Zimbabwe, 2014-04)
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, ...