Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol
Traditionally, women’s rights have always been of low priority in Africa. Women have been subordinated under the auspices of deep-rooted African customs and cultural practices, compromising their fundamental rights. Accordingly, member states of the African Union developed the African Women’s Pr...
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| author | Linet Sithole Cowen Dziva |
| author2 | Lecturer, Department of Private Law, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe |
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| description | Traditionally, women’s rights have always been of low priority in Africa.
Women have been subordinated under the auspices of deep-rooted
African customs and cultural practices, compromising their fundamental
rights. Accordingly, member states of the African Union developed the
African Women’s Protocol, with article 5 to guide states towards the
elimination of harmful practices against women. This article assesses the
implementation of article 5 of the Women’s Protocol in Zimbabwe, in
relation to legal, constitutional and policy reforms instituted after
ratification of the Protocol in 2008. Although the assessment noted a
positive domestic influence of the Protocol in Zimbabwe, the country still
has a long way to go in the process of eliminating harmful practices. For
the effective implementation of article 5, the article recommends the rapid
alignment of marriage and customary laws to the Constitution and the
African Women’s Protocol. The article also vouches for effective multi-
sectoral approaches which include litigation and widespread awareness
raising on the Constitution and other mechanisms against harmful
practices. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-56032023-05-04T11:58:33Z Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol Linet Sithole Cowen Dziva Lecturer, Department of Private Law, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Lecturer, Nehanda Centre for Gender and Cultural Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Child marriages Harmful practices Implementation African Women’s Protocol Women’s rights Traditionally, women’s rights have always been of low priority in Africa. Women have been subordinated under the auspices of deep-rooted African customs and cultural practices, compromising their fundamental rights. Accordingly, member states of the African Union developed the African Women’s Protocol, with article 5 to guide states towards the elimination of harmful practices against women. This article assesses the implementation of article 5 of the Women’s Protocol in Zimbabwe, in relation to legal, constitutional and policy reforms instituted after ratification of the Protocol in 2008. Although the assessment noted a positive domestic influence of the Protocol in Zimbabwe, the country still has a long way to go in the process of eliminating harmful practices. For the effective implementation of article 5, the article recommends the rapid alignment of marriage and customary laws to the Constitution and the African Women’s Protocol. The article also vouches for effective multi- sectoral approaches which include litigation and widespread awareness raising on the Constitution and other mechanisms against harmful practices. 19 2 568 590 2023-05-04T11:58:32Z 2023-05-04T11:58:32Z 2019 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5603 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2019/v19n2a1 en African Human Rights Law Journal 1996-2096 open Pretoria University Law Press |
| spellingShingle | Child marriages Harmful practices Implementation African Women’s Protocol Women’s rights Linet Sithole Cowen Dziva Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol |
| title | Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol |
| title_full | Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol |
| title_fullStr | Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol |
| title_short | Eliminating harmful practices against women in Zimbabwe: Implementing article 5 of the African Women's Protocol |
| title_sort | eliminating harmful practices against women in zimbabwe: implementing article 5 of the african women's protocol |
| topic | Child marriages Harmful practices Implementation African Women’s Protocol Women’s rights |
| url | https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5603 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-2096/2019/v19n2a1 |
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