BY Tendai Makura. Sapes, the social science research organisation on southern Africa, has launched with this title its new Pan African Children’s Book series. The aim is to provide culturally and gender sens…

This study on women in Zimbabwe considers gender in a general socio-cultural context, and in relation to the prevailing political ideological framework in the country. It examines gender in the context of the c…

In response to the watershed UN conference on women held in Beijing in 1995, southern African governments and gender activists shaped an agenda for the advancement of women’s rights in the region. Ten years on,…

This national gender profile describes South Africa’s progress and challenges in achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality goals. It measures the South African government’s achievements against its stat…

Beyond Inequalities is a series of publications which profile the status of women in Southern Africa, and the initiatives being made to mainstreamgender in development processes in the region. The series presen…

Beyond Inequalities is a series of publications which profile the status of women in Southern Africa, and the initiatives being made to mainstreamgender in development processes in the region. The series presen…

Beyond Inequalities is a series of publications which profile the status of women in Southern Africa, and the initiatives being made to mainstreamgender in development processes in the region. The series presen…

Beyond Inequalities is a series of publications which profile the status of women in Southern Africa, and the initiatives being made to mainstreamgender in development processes in the region. The series presen…

The Zambia chapter in the Beyond Inequalities series was produced by the WIDSAA Programme of SARDC and the Zambia Association for Research and Development (ZARD), an independent research institute which focuses…

This publication updates the gender profile of Botswana published in 2000. It highlights the achievements and challenges facing the country in the quest for gender equality. It shows that despite the considerab…

The Namibia chapter in the Beyond Inequalities series was produced by the University and Namibia and the WIDSAA Programme of SARDC. Gender machinery in Namibia is relatively new, hence the importance of monitor…

The Malawi chapter of this series profiles the status of women in Malawi from 1997 to 2004 and records the extent to which practical and adequate steps are being taken to address gender concerns in all developm…

This study marks the first time that an assessment of a single ecosystem has been undertaken and reported upon in Southern Africa. Handsomely produced and illustrated, it looks at the shared resources of the Za…

This report is the result of a joint project of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the World Bank, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Swedish International Development Ag…