| Affiliation with other organizations: |
WLSA Zimbabwe is affiliated to the Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe. This is an umbrella organization that deals with women's rights in a broader perspective ranging fom legal to socio -economic to health to violence against women to political participation. WLSA Zimbabwe has been an active member and is in the legal and constitutional cluster that was key in the recent constitutional reform process. With the National Association of NGOs, WLSA Zimbabwe is a member under the gender and women's cluster. With the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa, WLSA Zimbabwe is the only women's rights organization from Zimbabwe which is a member and advances the rights of women infected with HIV. With the Gender Forum, WLSA Zimbabwe sits as a member and the Forum discusses and conducts advocacy on gender issues and also commemoration of international days such as international Women's Day and 16 days of activism. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights is an umbrella body for human rights lawyers and represents women and men in court. It also has a gedner desk. WLSA Zimbabwe supports the activities of ZLHR as they relate to the rights of women. Women Inheritance Now is an umbrella body off 14 organizations in East and Southern Africa that is concerned with the property and inheritance rights of women especially as this relates to HIV/AIDS. WLSA Zimbabwe replicated WIN at national level by setting up the Property and Inheritance Rights Network of Zimbabwe. This network conducts advocacy on law and policy reform and also engages in strategic litigation. |
| Publications: |
1. Challenging the status quo: Gender, HIV/Aids and the law in Zimbabwe – A rights based approach ( 2006) 2. Combating international trafficking in women and children : The 2000 UN protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children through a Zimbabwean lens (2007) 3. Venia Magaya’s sacrifice : A case of custom gone awry ( 2003) 4. Lobola: Its implications for women’s reproductive rights in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe R ( 2003) 5. A critical analysis of women’s access to land in the WLSA countries R ( 2007) 6. Pregnancy and childbirth: Joy or despair? Women and gender generated reproductive crimes of violence (2001) 7. In the shadow of the law: Women and justice delivery in Zimbabwe ( 2000) 8. Paradigms of exclusion : Women’s access to resources in Zimbabwe ( 1997) 9. Reconceptualising the family in a changing Southern Africa environment R ( 2001) 10. Paving a way forward : A review and research primer R ( 1996) 11. Continuity and change : The family in Zimbabwe ( 1995) 12. Widowhood, inheritance laws, customs and practices in Southern Africa R ( 1999) 13. Regional WLSA impact study report R ( 1996) 14. Inheritance in Zimbabwe : Laws, customs, practices ( 1992) 15. Who pays the price? Maintenance law in Zimbabwe ( 1990) 16. Women and law in Southern Africa R ( 1987) 17. Legal situation on women in Southern Africa R ( 1987) 18. Struggling over scarce resources: Women and maintenance in Southern Africa R ( 1999) Journal ( once) 1. Property and inheritance rights journal in Zimbabwe Baseline surveys • Baseline study on enhancing women’s representation and participation at all levels of political structures in Zimbabwe ( 2010) • Baseline survey on enhancing gender equality through effective property and inheritance rights (2010) • Strengthening the legal framework to enhance women’s access to property and inheritance rights in the context of HIV/Aids ( 2011) • Creating a conducive legal and policy environment for women in mining in Zimbabwe ( 2011) • Amplifying the voice of women in politics and decision making in Zimbabwe ( 2011) Guides • Gender guide Manuals and handbooks • The Wills and Inheritance laws program training manual for the communication campaign • Paralegal handbook for community based paralegal program, Manicaland , Zimbabwe Volumes 1 and 2 • Peer educators inheritance laws handbook • Resource book and training manual on domestic violence in Zimbabwe |
Statements or documents submitted
to the Commission on the Status of Women:
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NONE as we were not registered |
Statements or documents submitted
to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women:
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Zimbabwe shadow report to CEDAW- Contributed to the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association shadow report: Available on www.zwla.co.zw |
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