Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
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Magaya+v+Magaya | Mar 27, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 30, 1999 |
| Appellant applied to be designated heir on grounds that only male issues are entitled under customary law to be nominated heirs. Community Court appointed Appellant but Respondent appealed on ground that not all family members had opportunity to attend trial of case. Magistrate’s Court reversed and appointed Respondent as heir. |
The Women's Charter | Feb 20, 2019 | Gender | Apr 30, 2000 |
| What Zimbabwean Women Demand in the new Constitution |
Gender and Constitutional Issues: Special report 2 | Apr 11, 2019 | Gender | Mar 31, 2001 |
| Rights of women to their own sexuality and fecundity remain deeply problematic in many societies. Whether rights over personal sexuality and reproduction are classified as civil or social, they are still the subject of bitter conflict for women worldwide. |
Sexual Offences Act as at August 2001 | Feb 27, 2019 | Institutional reform | Aug 17, 2001 |
| ACT To amend the criminal law in regard to sexual offences; to make further provision for the suppression of brothels and prostitution; to discourage the spread of the human immuno-deficiency virus; to repeal the Criminal Law Amendment Act [Chapter 9:05]; to amend section 51 of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10], sections 211 and 247 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] and section 2 of the Termination of Pregnancy Act [Chapter 15:10]; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and people's Rights on the Rights Of Women in Africa | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jul 11, 2003 |
| Consists of 32 Articles which elaborate on Women's Rights. |
Women on the Run | Mar 27, 2019 | Gender | Nov 30, 2006 |
| This report has been issued to coincide with the 16 days on gender activism, and concerns the organized violence and torture experienced by Zimbabwean women during the crisis that has engulfed Zimbabwe since 2000. The women described in this report have all fled Zimbabwe into exile in South Africa, and most are currently seeking political asylum. |
“A Woman’s Place is in the Home?” – Gender Based Violence and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe.
| Apr 11, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2006 |
| This report, examining the violent and turbulent years between 2000 and 2006, shows that Zimbabwe has been no exception in this regard. |
Between a rock and a hard place – women human rights defenders at risk | Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 31, 2007 |
| This report focuses on the circumstances of women human rights defenders in Zimbabwe. It explores their motivations and objectives. It documents human rights violations experienced by women human rights defenders, and the tools of repression used by the government to crush dissent. |
2007 07 05 Zim NATIONAL HIV VACCINE Policy Guidelines draft1V | Nov 21, 2019 | Promotion of truth | May 7, 2007 |
| The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to government and non governmental sectors and scientific groups in Zimbabwe working with international,regional and national stakeholders and communities in the development and evaluation of candidate vaccines relevant to Zimbabwe. |
Simplified Domestic Violence Act | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Oct 25, 2007 |
| The pamphlet provides a summary of the Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16] and explanatory notes on its application for the benefit of children, their caregivers and partners in the child rights sector.The Act was enacted on 26 February 2007 and became operational on 25 October 2007. |
Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already In Marriage | Nov 25, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Child marriage remains a problem in Southern Africa due to a variety of factors. These include poverty; gender inequity; tradition; insecurity,especially in times of conflict, limited education and lack of adequate legal frameworks in Member States, most of which are inconsistent. |
Publication 122 (1) | Feb 20, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2009 |
| This paper advocates that election observation should take note of the issue of gender equality in electoral processes. Women’s full and equal participation and the integration of gender perspectives into all levels of the electoral processes enhance democratic practices in elections and for this reason, election observer missions should be prepared to render an election not free and fair on the basis of significant transgressions of the electoral rights of women. |
“NOW THE WORLD IS WITHOUT ME ”: AN INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
| Apr 8, 2019 | Gender | Apr 30, 2010 |
| This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, South Kivu Province. Using a non-systematic convenience sample, interviews were conducted on sexual violence survivors as they presented to Panzi Hospital requesting services from the Victims of Sexual Violence Program. |
Background on politically motivated rape | Mar 5, 2019 | Gender | Apr 30, 2011 |
| The report talks about the two different forms of rape which need to be distinguished: the first, rape that occurs during actual war, and the second, politically motivated rape, which can occur outside of war situations, but is used a political tactic against a particular ethnic or political grouping. This report is concerned with the latter since it is evident that a state of war does not exist in Zimbabwe, although it could rightly be described as a “complex emergency”2. |
CEDAW Shadow report | Feb 20, 2019 | Gender | Jun 30, 2011 |
| This Report focused on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Women has been prepared and submitted to the CEDAW Committee by Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC) as an Alternative Report to the 4th and 5th combined periodic report submitted by the Government of Nepal. The purpose of the report is to maintain the government accountability both inside the country and at the United Nations. |
BRIEFING TO THE PRESESSION WORKING-GROUP OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN | Apr 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 30, 2011 |
| This briefing reflects Amnesty International’s information on human rights violations committed during and after mass forced evictions carried out in 2005. The program of forced evictions was carried out across the country, affecting an estimated 700,000 people, who were left without homes, or livelihoods, or both. |
Ballot Update March 2012 | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 31, 2012 |
| Electoral system reform and implications for Gender equality |
CEDAW concluding observations 2012 | Feb 20, 2019 | Gender | Jul 27, 2012 |
| Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
LITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN AFRICA | Apr 3, 2019 | Gender | Sep 30, 2012 |
| Sexual violence is the most pervasive form of violence in many of the conflict-ridden countries in Africa and continues to remain so, through various post-conflict stages even after the conflict has ended. Violence, particularly of a sexual nature and against women, that was characteristic of a prolonged conflict, comes to be accepted as the norm and part of the culture more so than it was prior to the conflict. |
IJR Zimbabwe Womens Needs | Mar 4, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2012 |
| This paper is founded on two intertwined arguments. The first is that many national healing processes fail to consider the needs of the victims of violent conflict, especially women (partly because transitional justice processes are often driven by elites who proscribe and institutionalize them). The second is that, in identifying and addressing women’s needs in the national healing agenda, Zimbabwe should aim to avoid the traps of transitional justice initiatives that have focused on the human-rights violations alone. |
ZWLA Gender Audit COPAC draft 2012 | Feb 20, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2012 |
| The paper is structured in such a way which makes possible a systematic assessment of each of the relevant provisions of the draft. It will point out and commend the provisions which adequately address women’s needs but also point out any inadequacies and suggest improvements. |
A Preliminary Study Into Zimbabwean Societal Perceptions of Rape | Mar 5, 2019 | Gender | Apr 30, 2013 |
| This report is based on the results of this study, which was done through the administration of a questionnaire prepared by RAU with a special focus on rape as a component of sexual violence. The study revealed interesting findings about how people view rape including that,Most people had a good understanding of what rape is and they based it on cultural implications. |
Children and violence paper final 25 July 2013 | Mar 5, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 25, 2013 |
| The report contains research about violence that occurs after elections and how it is generally more violent than pre-election violence, and is mostly precipitated by the challengers. |
Sexual Orientation and Zimbabwe's Constitution | Feb 18, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2013 |
| The case emphasizes on the need to specify sexual orientation together with the nature of the Right to Equality and Non-discrimination. |
Raising her Voice Booklet Final Black and White Print | Feb 18, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2013 |
| This booklet is a collection of stories of child survivors of sexual violence. The project was commissioned by the Justice for Children with the aim of raising awareness of the experiences of child victims of sexual abuse and violence in Zimbabwe; in particular it is aimed at showing the obstacles they encounter as they interact with the justice delivery system. |
National Gender Policy | Mar 4, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2013 |
| This second National Gender Policy replaces the first National Gender Policy of 2004. The first National Gender Policy gave way to a range of initiatives meant to address gender inequalities. The ethos of Growth with Equity underpinned the 2004 NGP which was implemented under four thematic areas namely – (i) Women in Politics and Decision Making; (ii) Women and the Economy; (iii) Education and Training of Women; and (iv) Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women. |
Report on Nov 2013 Conference on Violence Against Women & Girls Zimbabwe Parliament May 2014 | Nov 25, 2019 | Gender | May 13, 2014 |
| The Conference of Women Parliamentarians took place at the precincts of the PanAfrican Parliament in Midrand South Africa on 1st and 2nd November, 2013 under the Theme: “Parliamentarians Responding to Violence against Women and Girls in Africa, from Legislation to Effective Enforcement”. |
Zimbabwe Gender Commission Bill 2014 | Mar 29, 2019 | Gender | Dec 30, 2014 |
| This Bill seeks to establish a Gender Commission as provided for in section 245 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe which creates an independent institution called the Zimbabwe Gender Commission. It also seeks to fulfil international and regional instruments that Zimbabwe is a party to, namely the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and platform for Action |
Do elections in Zimbabwe favour the rural woman | Mar 5, 2019 | Elections & violence | Dec 31, 2014 |
| This report is a follow-up to the preliminary report produced by the Women’s Trust (TWT) and the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) in early 2014 on the effectiveness of the SiMuka! Zimbabwe, Woman, Get Counted! Register to Vote! in getting women to register to vote and to vote. This report goes further to note that whilst it is encouraging to see women turn out to vote in elections, and even more gratifying to see that the turn out can be strongly increased by woman to woman advocacy, there is always need to conduct a reality check on the actual process of the election and its outcome. |
Policy Brief: Challenges in attaining Gender balance in elections in Zimbabwe | Feb 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Feb 28, 2015 |
| The paper suggests ways of increasing women's participation in local government, parliament and senate. |