Towards a National Gender-Sensitive Land Policy In Zimbabwe
The importance of a sound land administration system (LAS) cannot be over-emphasized. This article seeks to examine the current state of the land administration system across all land-use categories in Zimbabwe, a general overview of the land administration challenges, with the aim of providing a policy proposition of how the land system can better be […]
Zimbabwe Cabinet Cabinet Approves Law Criminalizing Protests
The Zimbabwean cabinet, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has approved tough new laws that will criminalise protests. The proposed amendments to the Criminal Law (Codification Reform) Act will also make it a criminal offence for Zimbabweans to “cooperate with foreign governments” or allege abductions. “The amendments will criminalise the conduct of isolated citizens or groups, […]
Child Marriages Remain A Major Challenge In South African Development Community
There has been a flurry of legal battles to end child marriages in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region over the past few years. Successes have been scored on the legal front at both regional and national levels but equally so there have been some noticeable barriers in the fight against child marriages. In […]
Zimbabwe Divorce Law Spurs Women’s Fight For Property
When Smangele Tshuma got divorced after five years of marriage, her in-laws forced her out of the home that she had been living in with her husband in southwestern Zimbabwe and took the three donkeys she had bought with money from selling blankets. Like most marriages in the country’s rural areas, Tshuma’s had been a […]
Zimbabwe Makes It Illegal For Schools To Expel Pregnant Girls
Zimbabwe has made it illegal for schools to expel pupils who get pregnant, a measure women’s rights campaigners said would help tackle gender inequality in the classroom and stop many girls from dropping out of school. A legal amendment announced last week seeks to reinforce a 1999 guideline that was patchily implemented and comes as school […]
Mnangagwa Signs Law Allowing Pregnant Girls To Continue In School
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a law barring government schools from excluding girls who fall pregnant from attending lessons. Teachers are also no longer allowed to cane pupils, under amendments to the Education Act which became law on Saturday. The new law also says that no pupil shall be excluded from school for non-payment […]
AU Speaks On Zimbabwe Crisis, Orders Mnangagwa to Respect Rule of Law
THE African Union Commission (AUC) has added its voice to rising human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to uphold the rule of law. In a statement Monday, AUC chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said the commission was following closely, political developments in Zimbabwe hinting authorities were taking advantage of the Covid-19 […]
Gynecologists Launch Urgent Appeal To Govt Over Poor Maternal Care State
The Zimbabwe Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Tuesday issued a sombre plea to the government to urgently attend to the state of hospitals as expecting mothers are losing their babies at an alarming rate. The association said the situation in hospitals is beyond dire and the government needs to intervene quickly before more lives are […]
Economic Vulnerabilities Push Up GBV In Zimbabwe
As the global COVID 19 pandemic takes its toll on Africa and countries beyond, the virus has brought with it more socio-economic challenges whose effects will be felt now and in the long term. COVID 19’s differential impact on women and men social and psychological state can never be ignored. The government of Zimbabwe took […]
Electric Motorbike Gives Women In Rural Zimbabwe A Path Out Of Poverty
In the rural Zimbabwe district of Wedza, a new electric-powered motorcycle is helping bring income to poor women and easing the burden of looking after families. The three-wheeler, known as Hamba (Go), powered by a solar-charged lithium ion battery, is being piloted by start-up Mobility for Africa, which leases the motorcycle to women in groups […]
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