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Anna Dzimano v 1. Constable Dzimano 2. Zimbabwe Republic Police | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 31, 2017 |
| This report contains findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC/Commission), pursuant to an investigation undertaken by the ZHRC into a complaint alleging violation of the rights of arrested and detained persons and freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The complainant is Anna Masuka of Ngundu Village, Ward 11, Gutu District, Masvingo Province. |
Pastoral letter on family fov 2016 | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 23, 2016 |
| The message is meant to cheer and encourage, fill with hope, to give praise, understanding and support to all married couples and families. |
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. |
BILL WATCH International Day of the Girl Child | Nov 25, 2019 | Gender | Oct 11, 2018 |
| The International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated annually on October 11 to highlight issues of gender inequality and the challenges facing young girls. |
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”. |
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. |
Age of Consent, Sexual Intercourse with Young Persons and Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Zimbabwe | Nov 18, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Issues of age of consent, having sexual intercourse with young persons and access to sexual and reproductive health services cannot be separated. They are intertwined. For that reason, this publication seeks to give an overview encompassing all these issues so that the discussion is situated within its proper and complete context. |
Breaking the silence on Gender-Based Violence in Zimbabwe | Nov 18, 2019 | Gender | Oct 1, 2016 |
| The project is drawn against one of the Government of Zimbabwe’s key interventions in improving utilisation of comprehensive quality services for protection, care and support for GBV survivors in accordance with the National Gender-Based Violence Strategy. The project sought to respond and strengthen community gender-based violence service delivery and holistic support targeting adolescent girls and young women in line with the Multi-Sectoral Protocol on the Management of Sexual Abuse in Zimbabwe and the 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. |
“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. |
“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. |
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. |
“You Will Get Nothing” Violations of Property and Inheritance Rights of Widows in Zimbabwe | Apr 3, 2019 | Gender | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Zimbabwean law provides for relatively equal property and inheritance rights for men and women. However, many of the women Human Rights Watch interviewed struggled to claim those rights for reasons unique to their status as widows. In Zimbabwe’s recent history, men traditionally owned all family property, and when women were widowed, they were often “inherited” as wives by male relatives of their deceased spouse. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
In Their Capacity as Human Rights Defenders: Women | Mar 27, 2019 | Gender | Dec 30, 2015 |
| The typical woman human rights defender (woman HRD) that this publication focuses on is one who asserts her rights as a human being first, and then as a woman, knowing full well that she bears the brunt of a breakdown of the human rights fulfilment matrix directly or indirectly. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Child Marriage Report Goromonzi | Mar 5, 2019 | Gender | May 31, 2015 |
| This is the second report on child marriage in Goromonzi District, following on a preliminary report of a study carried out in 2014 (RAU.2014), and series of legal reports prior to this (Dube.2012; RAU. 2011(a); RAU. 2011(b)). These reports are a contribution to the rapidly growing debate in Zimbabwe and the international world on the undesirability of early marriage for girls. |
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. |
Gender and the Politics of Reconciliation Helen Scanlon 2016 | Mar 4, 2019 | Gender | Jun 30, 2016 |
| This paper explores how attempts to confront abusive pasts have deliberated gender in the promotion of reconciliation. In particular it will examine the nexus between gender justice and reconciliation in order to assess and considers ways to re-calibrate engagement with ongoing reconciliation processes. |
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. |
IJR GBV symposium ENG text 04 2 1 | Mar 4, 2019 | Gender | Mar 17, 2017 |
| The report on a symposium entitled Accountability for conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence: Successes, challenges, narratives, and omissions which took place at the University of Pretoria from 15–17 March 2017. |
Agenda 2063 | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Apr 30, 2015 |
| Agenda 2063, rooted in Pan Africanism and African Renaissance, provides a robust framework for addressing past injustices and the realisation of the 21st Century as the African Century. |
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. |
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. |