Browsing Faculty of Law ETDs by Title
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The accessibility and quality of safe motherhood to female inmates at Juba Main Prison, South Sudan
(2017)Most surprising fact is that South Sudan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the whole world, with only 2045/100,000 live births. Using a case study approach of Juba main prison PHC, this dissertation (apparently ... -
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 ... -
An analysis of the law and the effectiveness of government and non governmental organisations’ interventions in curbing under age commercial sex work in Epworth and along the Mukuvisi river bank Harare, Zimbabwe
(2017)Child prostitution has become a global phenomenon which raises concern and alarm. In Zimbabwe children as young as eight years old are engaging in prostitution in the area along the Mukuvisi River and in Epworth, Harare. ... -
An assessment of child juvenile detainees’ access to legal aid in Tanzania
(2017)This study centres on the access to legal aid for child juvenile detainees in Tanzania mainland. The study aims at looking at access to legal aid by child juvenile detainees living in the retention home. Further it aims ... -
“BANGAIZA NA MZUNGU”: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LAWS AND POLICIES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE PREVENTION, SUPPRESSION AND PUNISHMENT OF SEX TOURISM INVOLVING THE YOUTH IN MOMBASA, KENYA
(2012-08-02)Kenya. It deals with all aspects of the industry from various perspectives using modern research methods and techniques (especially the Women’s Law, Grounded Theory and Human Rights based Approaches) to enhance the ... -
Beyond the rhetoric: A critical analysis of the women’s access to justice in Malawi in relation to the right to equitable distribution of matrimonial property upon the dissolution of marriage
(2017)This dissertation, written by a judicial officer from Malawi, examines the women’s right to access justice in matters concerning distribution of matrimonial property after a judicial dissolution of a marriage. The study ... -
" 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 ... -
Can 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 Zambia
(2017-07)In view of the growing prison population and the government’s inadequate budgetary funding to the Prisons Service, various options have been explored to find solutions to the problem. The study focuses specifically at the ... -
“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
(2012-08-02)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 ... -
Challenges affecting women in the informal sector developing their businesses in Zanzibar: A study of women in the Cosmetic Industry
(2017)This dissertation provides a detailed study of the challenges affecting women in the informal sector in developing their businesses; particularly in cosmetic industry in Zanzibar. Several methodologies and data collection ... -
Challenges facing women in accessing credit from the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission of Zambia: The case of cross border traders
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This research critically analyses the extent to which a government organisation, the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission of Zambia (CEEC) established by the CEE Act, empowers the country’s women Cross Border Traders ... -
The civil procedure in the Magistrates Court of Zimbabwe: A denial of justice to self actors?
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This study investigates the challenges self actors, known in other jurisdiction as self representing litigants, when bringing their cases before the Magistrates Court or defending themselves in the Magistrates Court. In ... -
Criminalization of HIV non disclosure, exposure and transmission: Is it the solution to the protection of women against violence in Zimbabwe
(2017-02)This research seeks to interrogate whether section 79 of the Criminal Law codification and Reform Act, that is on wilful transmission of HIV protects women against infections and violence. The main focus was on the attitudes ... -
A critical analysis of women participation in the law reform process: A case of the Law Commission in Malawi
(2017-02)The writer, a law reformer, uses her eight years’ experience in conducting law reform to interrogate the law reform process with regard to women participation in the process. This dissertation explores the extent to which ... -
A critical examination of sexuality education in Malawi: A case study of Blantyre district
(2017-02)The writer of this dissertation examines how sexual learning (sexuality learning acquired out-of-school, and without written formalities) both complements and contradicts sexuality education in realizing sexual and ... -
A critical examination of the use of mediation as a tool for the realisation of women’s access to justice in property cases in the legal aid sector, Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This dissertation examines the use of mediation as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) method in property cases in the provision of legal aid. Mediation is employed as a counter strategy to expensive litigation for ... -
A critical investigation into how the corroborative evidence ‘rule’ in rape and defilement cases traumatises and violates the rights of women and girls who are victims of rape and defilement in Zambia: A study carried out in Lusaka city of Zambia
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-04)This study investigates how the corroborative evidence or cautionary ‘rule’ (in reality, a practice that has hardened into a ‘rule’ as a result of judicial interpretation) in sexual offences, such as rape and defilement, ... -
The doctrine of constitutional avoidance as a nemesis to public interest and strategic impact litigation in Zimbabwe: Thesis, antithesis and synthesis
(2018-02)The case of Zinyemba v Minister of Lands and Rural Settlement, CCZ 3/16 clearly set the pace for the Constitutional Court’s use of the doctrine of constitutional avoidance. Since then, the Court’s judges have invoked the ... -
Expansion of the definition of community of property in relation to the principle of stipulatio alteri: A case of widows of mine workers in Lesotho
(2017-02)This work was written by a legal practitioner who before the research was finding difficulty in defending the rights of the widows of mine workers in the courts of law in Lesotho against the application of the common law ...
