Adolescence has often been construed as a difficult period in life, consisting of storm and. In zimbabwe, as well as in most societies, rape and domestic abuse are clear illustrations of some of the. Domestic violence in zimbabwe is increasing annually despite the fact that domestic violence act chapter 5. Pdf violence against women in zimbabwe farai mushangwe.
Part i preliminary 1 short title and date of commencement 1 this act may be cited as the domestic violence act chapter 5. Theories of domestic violence that are current in the united statestheories based on the individual psychology or psychopathology of the battererdo not appear in the african literature at all. Individual psychological explanations of battering are relatively common in the united states literature, especially in the literature produced by. This study revealed that domestic violence is highly prevalent in glen norah. Promoting gender equality to prevent violence against women series of briefings on violence prevention this briefing for advocates, programme designers and implementers and others is one of a sevenpart series on the evidence for interventions to prevent interpersonal and selfdirected violence.
Domestic violence international journal of research in humanities. Domestic violence has continued to be a global epidemic that kills and tortures physically, psychologically, sexually and economically. The domestic violence act, 1998 act 116 of 1998 was enacted with the main purpose to afford the victims of domestic violence maximum protection from domestic abuse that the law can provide. An update from zimbabwe womens resource centre network on the draft domestic violence bill 2003. Zimbabwean domestic violence act by excellent chireshe. Without knowing the past we can not do something new in the field of research. Domestic violence crosses all barriers of age and gender and results in serious illness and even death. Offences act of 2002, later repealed in 2006 by the criminal law and codification. A case study of glen norah harare a read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Doctor of literature and philosophy in the subject.
Using household survey to measure gender based violence is a process that is taxing due to the sensitive nature of the survey other forms of violence, e. Domestic violence is defined by domestic violence act zimbabwe chapter 5. Zimbabwe 1996 midlands province 966 i 518 17d latin america and the caribbean. The psychosocial drivers of gender based violence in. Its application stretches across familial and domestic relationships, covering those that are heterosexual and of the same sex. Statistics on femicide, rape and domestic violence demonstrate unprecedented prevalence rates. The information provided in this document is not official u. According to unorthodox reports, 1 in 3 women in zimbabwe are in an abusive marriage and over 60 percent of murder cases in the country are linked to domestic violence. Incidence of sexual and genderbased violence in zimbabwe. For example, during 2010 the government ran a public awareness campaign about the domestic violence act and several womens rights groups worked with law enforcement officials to provide training and literature on domestic violence. Zimbabwe ratified the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination. Original research article gender based violence and its effects on womens reproductive health. Help us save lives by making yourself aware of the risks and warning signs. This innocenti digest looks specifically at domestic violence.
Tipwigyoksttzrclbdxrqbgjsnbohm of domestic violence in the african context, 11 american university journal of gender, social policy and the law 847863 2003 73 footnotes omitted. Petina gappahs top 10 books about zimbabwe books the. Introduction thoughts or discussions on african culture conjure up horror stories female genital mutilation, fgm, wife inheritance, homicide brides and early marriages. It also concentrates largely on male to female violence, consonant with the evidence concerning predominant abuse trends. Domestic violence may be used as a synonym for intimate partner violence, which is committed by a spouse or partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse or partner, and can take place in heterosexual or samesex relationships. It has been termed a period of great risk to healthy development takanishi, 1993, p. In the zimbabwean setting, domestic violence has been defined as any act or omission or commission or behavior of a respondent in case it harms or injures or endangers the health, safety, life or wellbeing, whether mental or. Zimbabwe enacted the domestic violence act chapter 5. Domestic violence among married women of reproductive age in. After an introduction of the topic, a thorough critique of chosen literature on domestic violence will be drafted. In addition to typical physical, emotional and verbal assault associated with domestic violence in the united states, unique types of international violence against women and female children also include. This study examined the extent of effectiveness of the dva as a tool to fight gender based domestic violence. One of the major challenges is to end impunity for perpetrators.
The domestic violence act of zimbabwe was enacted in response to an escalation in cases of domestic violence. In spite of the enactment of the act, domestic violence continues and there is limited utilisation of the provisions of the law. Shocking statistics on genderbased violence newsday zimbabwe. The violence experienced by zimbabwean women, like that experienced elsewhere, assumes a variety of forms which include, among others, wife battering, economic, and emotional violence, all of which fall within the scope of domestic violence as. Introduction marriage before the age of 18 is a reality for many young women. Zimbabwe country effective law and policy case study on. This virtual archive is devoted in trying to demystify ways of thinking about the democratic rhetoric of independent zimbabwe. Key informant discussions with nongovernmental organisations ngo representatives highlighted the need for programme synergies so that genderbased. This publication was prepared by madison mellish, susan settergren, and henry sapuwa of the health policy project. Legislators placed particular obligations in the dva upon the police, obliging them to help the abused woman. Introduction intimate partner violence ipv refers to violence between two people involved in an intimate relationship, and it exists in all countries, cultures and societies ellsberg et al. Domestic violence is a problem of epidemic proportions with farreaching consequences for individual victims, their children and their communities. If we want to do some new work in a subject, it is very necessary that we should know the past of that.
By freeman razemba and tanaka vunganai domestic violence cases increased by 20 percent last year in harare as compared to 2015, as police officers have been urged to continue sharpening their crime prevention strategies in order to safeguard life and property and reduce fear of crime in the province. To make provision for the protection and relief of victims of domestic violence and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. Elsabe nelle, subject librarian religious studies for assisting me to. The following brochures are available as pdf documents. The domestic violence act includes protection from cultural or customary practices such as forced virginity testing, female genital mutilation, and forced marriages zimbabwe 2006, art. Original research article gender based violence and its. Download printversions of these informative brochures the following brochures are available as pdf documents. Determinants of intimate partner violence in subsaharan. Zimbabwe is currently observing the 16 days of activism against genderbased violence with the rest of the world which ends on december 10 amidst calls for solutions to end domestic and gender. Pdf this paper is a philosophical study on ideology and its indispensable relationship. The violence against women in zimbabwe continue despite legislation because of various factors some can be be traced even during the liberation struggle. Examining the effectiveness of the domestic violence act in. Promoting gender equality to prevent violence against women.
Statistics on femicide, rape and domestic violence demonstrate unprecedented prevalence. The zimbabwe situation the inclusion of the domestic violence module in the 2007 zimbabwe demographic health survey zdhs was in recognition of the presence of gender based violence. One such instance has been the crafting of the zimbabwe domestic violence act dva of 2007. Zimbabwe national gender based violence strategy 20122015. At add international we believe the strength of an organisation lies in part in its ability to learn from its experience and to feed this learning into improved practice. Nature and scope of gender based violence in zimbabwe gender based violence encompasses a wide range of abuses that range from sexual threats, exploitation, humiliation, assaults, molestation, domestic violence, incest, involuntary prostitution, torture, insertion of objects into genital openings to attempted rape. Information has been grouped into the following topics.
As this digest demonstrates, domestic violence is a health, legal, economic, educational, developmental and, above all, a human. Especially at a time in which the values of reading and inwardness are so strenuously challenged, reading is freedom. Some factors related to domestic violence surface in specific cultures. Zimbabwe today is an independent online newspaper that showcases all the news from zimbabwe by zimbabweans for zimbabweans across the world. The extent of domestic violence in northern ireland the most comprehensive statistics on domestic violence were published in the northern ireland crime survey a. Enacted by the president and the parliament of zimbabwe. This paper seeks to identify factors that militate against the utilisation of provisions of the act by victims of domestic violence. Jsi is a research and consulting organization dedicated to promoting and improving the health and wellbeing of underserved and vulnerable people and communities. Borg, the literature in any field forms the foundation upon which all future work will be built. Domestic violence resolution in 1985 and zimbabwe only got to enact the domestic violence act in 2007 after protracted debate as domestic violence was deemed a private affair within the household. Conceptualisation of gender based violence in zimbabwe. While studies covering domestic violence against women by men are vast in zimbabwe and other parts of the world wildaf 1995.
Theories that appear in the african literature of domestic violence excerpted wrom. Ely the university of tennessee at chattenooga, chattanooga, tennessee, usa catherine n. The case of hatcliffe, harare, zimbabwe festus mukanangana1, stanzia moyo, 2alfred zvoushe3 and oswell rusinga4 1zimbabwe prison service headquarters, research and development section, harare. The domestic violence act dva of 1998 and the sexual offences bill of 2006 are viewed by the south african law commission 2000, as sited. Domestic violence is on the increase in zimbabwe with police records showing that some 40,500 cases were reported between january and september this year alone. Gqola 2004 discloses the politicolegal disharmony which characterized. Violence council under the domestic violence act, and the gbv national coordination group gbvncg established under the humanitarian cluster system in zimbabwe. The study also acknowledges that victims of domestic violence range from the tender age of sixteen which is the legal age for marriage for women, according to the constitution of zimbabwe to elderly spouses who are not spared by this scourge. So far, only 44 countries approximately have adopted specific legislation to address domestic violence. Exhaustion of the topic will lead to the presentation of a conclusive summary about the same followed by a list of the bibliography cited in the essay. Chapter 6 violence against women introduction violence against women is defined as any act of genderbased violence that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of acts such as coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private. Violence against women in south africa a country in crisis 5 executive summary i n south africa, a country scarred by the history of apartheid, violence against women vaw is endemic. In many parts of the world parents encourage the marriage of their daughters while they are still children in hopes that the marriage will benefit them both financially and socially, while also.
The government uses its legislative discretion under the domestic violence act, to expand the membership of the anti domestic violence. Domestic violence also named domestic abuse or family violence is violence or other abuse in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation. In zimbabwe, the face of cultural relativism on domestic violence is a former member of the house of assembly who boldly stated in parliament that, i stand here representing god, the almighty. In the spirit of building a new zimbabwe, we promote and support free speech, hence all the news you will read at zimbabwe today is uncensored, unbiased and. This was a pilot case study, the first of three country studies, and lessons. The draft domestic violence bill 2003 seeks to address domestic violence in a zimbabwean context and outlines the duties of the police officer, protection order, domestic violence counselors and committee and the definitions of terms relating to.
Studies of the survivors of the liberation war consistently showed large. In zimbabwe several statutory provisions exist to bring justice to genderbased. A reflection on the domestic violence act chapter 5. A study of women aged 18 and over in one province in zimbabwe found that 26 per cent of married women. Oct 14, 2015 petina gappahs top 10 books about zimbabwe. Sources indicate that domestic violence is a crime that can be punishable by imprisonment for up to 10 years wlsa may 2015. This literature survey synthesises material from the reports listed in the annotated bibliography on genderbased violence in the pacific. Despite the promise of such acts, the results lag behind any measure of satisfactory as the implementation has been greatly shaky and half hearted. Violence council under the domestic violence act, and the gbv national.
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