This admirable, wide-ranging study grapples fearlessly with the mammoth topic of the Southern African family, and in particular, the positions and identities of women within the family, and their rights. Issues...

Throughout the previous WLSA phases, lack of resources or poverty has emerged as a primary cause of inequalities suffered more severely by women than men in their everyday lives. In this fourth study undertaken...

On the 13 May 1999, for the first time in the history of the courts in Zimbabwe, women from all walks of life gathered in protest at the Supreme Court. The reason was the court's ruling in the case known as 'Ma...

What adjudication and mediation options are available to women in Zimbabwe with regard to family-related issues? Are women able to use and effectively access these options? What effects have changes in the law ...

This study represents the findings of a study on problems and contraints of accessing the justice delivery system as experienced by women in Malawi. The objectives were: to uncover and analyse the structures th...

The research contained in this book follows from the earlier publication Women and the Justice Delivery System in Zimbabwe (WLSA, 2000). This book focuses on the so- called 'gender-generated crimes of violence ...