A Rights Based Approach to Reproductive Health in Zimbabwe
The Case of Adolescent Girls
Published on 14. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
92 pages
978-3-8433-7087-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book investigates how the right to reproductivehealth amongst adolescent girls in Zimbabwe has beenconceptualised. The rights based approach todevelopment is adopted as the legal paradigm inattempting to analyse the legal complexities ofadolescent girls `s reproductive rights in Zimbabwe.The legal, political, economic and social dynamicssurrounding the understanding of reproductive humanrights of adolescent girls are fully explored, drawingattention to the role of culture, education andreligion in a complex society. The inquiry reflectshow the democratic genesis of reproductive rightsshould be understood using legal and non legalparameters that are emebedded in the language ofhuman rights.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
155 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8433-7087-5 (9783843370875)
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Patience Mutopo es actualmente investigadora de doctorado en el Centro de Estudios Africanos de la Universidad de Colonia, Alemania. Sus intereses de investigación son la teoría y la práctica de los derechos humanos, el género, la gobernanza ambiental y las cadenas de productos básicos agrícolas. También es investigadora asociada de Ruzivo Trust en Zimbabwe.