Children and violence paper final 25 July 2013
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- Jul 25, 2013
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- Children
- Women
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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.
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- Mar 13, 2020
Report on Nov 2013 Conference on Violence Against Women & Girls Zimbabwe Parliament May 2014
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- May 13, 2014
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- Children
- Women
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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”.
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- Mar 3, 2020
Anna Dzimano v 1. Constable Dzimano 2. Zimbabwe Republic Police
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Women
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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.
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- Mar 2, 2020
ZWLA Gender Audit COPAC draft 2012
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- Dec 31, 2012
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- Women
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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.
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- Feb 19, 2020
Background on politically motivated rape
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- Apr 30, 2011
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- Women
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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.
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- Feb 18, 2020
2007 07 05 Zim NATIONAL HIV VACCINE Policy Guidelines draft1V
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- May 7, 2007
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- Children
- Women
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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.
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- Feb 8, 2020
Age of Consent, Sexual Intercourse with Young Persons and Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Zimbabwe
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- Jun 28, 2019
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- Children
- Women
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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.
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- Feb 4, 2020
Sexual Offences Act as at August 2001
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- Aug 17, 2001
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- Women
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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.
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- Jan 31, 2020
Policy brief No 2 2017 Women and Representation
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Women
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This report explores what challenges and opportunities the current MPs under PR have and what the next steps should be after the expiry of Section 124 in 2023. Learning from the shortcomings of the current quota system, the report further seeks to explore how women should utilize the current quota and what is the strategy beyond 2023 to ensure that gender parity is realized.
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- Jan 22, 2020
Do elections in Zimbabwe favour the rural woman
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- Dec 31, 2014
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- Elections
- Women
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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.
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- Jan 21, 2020
Women and Social Capital in Zimbabwe 2012 to 2014
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- Dec 31, 2018
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- Women
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The study shows the relationship between Social Capital and measures of political Interest and Participation.
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- Jan 20, 2020
Raising her Voice Booklet Final Black and White Print
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- Dec 31, 2013
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- Women
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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.
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- Jan 19, 2020
Sexual Orientation and Zimbabwe's Constitution
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- Dec 31, 2013
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
- Women
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The case emphasizes on the need to specify sexual orientation together with the nature of the Right to Equality and Non-discrimination.
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- Jan 19, 2020
Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already In Marriage
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- Dec 31, 2008
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- Children
- Women
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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.
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- Dec 10, 2019
BILL WATCH International Day of the Girl Child
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- Oct 11, 2018
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- Children
- Women
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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.
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- Dec 4, 2019
“NOW THE WORLD IS WITHOUT ME ”: AN INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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- Apr 30, 2010
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- Trauma
- Women
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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.
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- Dec 4, 2019
In Their Capacity as Human Rights Defenders: Women
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- Dec 30, 2015
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- Women
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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.
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- Dec 2, 2019
Pastoral letter on family fov 2016
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- Oct 23, 2016
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- Children
- Women
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The message is meant to cheer and encourage, fill with hope, to give praise, understanding and support to all married couples and families.
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- Nov 27, 2019
Breaking the silence on Gender-Based Violence in Zimbabwe
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- Oct 1, 2016
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- Children
- Women
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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
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- Nov 18, 2019
Gender and Constitutional Issues: Special report 2
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- Mar 31, 2001
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- Women
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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.
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- Nov 10, 2019
Women and social capital statistical study final 8 February 2018(2)
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- Feb 8, 2018
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- Women
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The present study examined social capital in women using the data from the last three rounds of the Afrobarometer surveys on Zimbabwe. Social capital in women is associated with Freedoms, Political participation,; Agency, Support for Democracy, and Political trust.
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- Nov 5, 2019
“A Woman’s Place is in the Home?” – Gender Based Violence and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe.
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- Dec 31, 2006
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- Politics & Governance
- Women
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This report, examining the violent and turbulent years between 2000 and 2006, shows that Zimbabwe has been no exception in this regard.
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- Oct 30, 2019
“You Will Get Nothing” Violations of Property and Inheritance Rights of Widows in Zimbabwe
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- Jan 31, 2017
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- Women
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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.
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- May 17, 2019
CEDAW Shadow report
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- Jun 30, 2011
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- Women
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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.
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- May 16, 2019
BRIEFING TO THE PRESESSION WORKING-GROUP OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
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- Jun 30, 2011
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- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
- Women
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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.
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- May 16, 2019
IJR GBV symposium ENG text 04 2 1
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- Mar 17, 2017
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- Women
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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.
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- May 16, 2019
Women on the Run
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- Nov 30, 2006
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- Trauma
- Women
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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.
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- May 15, 2019
Gender and the Politics of Reconciliation Helen Scanlon 2016
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- Jun 30, 2016
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- Politics & Governance
- Women
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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.
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- May 12, 2019
Agenda 2063
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- Apr 30, 2015
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- Children
- Women
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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.
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- May 12, 2019
CEDAW concluding observations 2012
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- Jul 27, 2012
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- Women
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Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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- May 9, 2019