Andrade, Ximena ...[et al]
Families in a Changing Environment in Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique: Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), 1997

The main issue of the study is the identification of survival strategies that modify the gender and power relations within the families in terms of access and control of resources and the exercise of reproductive rights. Profiles concerns expressed by families and officials asserting that ihfamily degradationlo has been caused by generational conflicts, delinquency, loss of ethical and moral values, thus leading to more social problems. The study covers two levels: first, households are seen as social units of cooperation and generators of the production and reproduction strategies of their members; and secondly, how the articulation of households in the community and national policies is done.

Keywords: Labour; Customary Law; Family; Reproductive Rights; Land; Law; Education
Source: WLSA-Mozambique, Department of Women and Gender Studies, Centre for African Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo.
Email:ufics@zebra.uem.mz

Da Silva, Terezinha; Andrade, Ximena
Beyond Inequalities: Women in Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique and Harare, Zimbabwe: Centre for African Studies, University of Eduardo Mondlane, Fórum Mulher and SARDC-WIDSAA, 2000 (English and Portuguese)

Beyond Inequalities is a 13-part series of publications which profile the status of women in Southern Africa and the initiatives being made to mainstream gender in development processes in the SADC region. This book covers the situation of women in Mozambique. Part two of the book reviews the programmes and policies of government agencies, community-based organizations and other stakeholders involved in mainstreaming gender into development, assessing the extent of which gender imbalances receive due attention. Government policy on gender in Mozambique became explicit in 1995 after the elections and favours women's emancipation with the objective to elevate women's participation in all activities of the society.


Centre for African Studies (CEA): The Centre for African Studies was established in 1976. The centre's activities geared towards scientific research in the field of social sciences. This is a multidimensional research programme covering education, continuous debates within an informed paradigm.

Fórum Mulher: Forum Mulher is a group of organizations which work in support of Mozambican women. The organization aims to promote a network of communication, information and exchange of experiences by women, gender and development, and to lobby decision-makers to take issues of gender and equality seriously.

Keywords: Human Development; Country Profile; Human Rights
Source: SARDC, P.O. Box 5690, Harare, Zimbabwe and SARDC Maputo, Box 975, Maputo; CEA, UEM, C.P. 1993, Maputo, and Fórum Mulher, C.P. 3632, Maputo.
Email: widsaa@sardc.net or sardc@maputo.sardc.net; ufics@zebra.uem.mz or forum@zebra.uem.mz

Government of Mozambique
Programme of Activities for Improving Gender Statistics in Mozambique
Mozambique: Population Planning Unit, 1994

The National Directorate of Statistics (NDS) is developing a National Statistical System and considers gender statistics as one of its priorities. The improvement of data collection, analysis and dissemination of information on the gender issues is necessary for formulating and evaluating economic policies and planning.

Keywords: Gender; Statistics
Sources: Government of Mozambique, Maputo.

Pehrsson, Kajsa
Country Gender Analysis for Mozambique
Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish International Development Authority, 1983

Management; Demography
This country gender analysis tries to describe the situation of Mozambican women focusing on the period after national independence in 1975. Aspects covered include women participation in politics, the consequences of the war for women and environment, media, health, education, agriculture and legislation

Keywords: Gender; Country Profile
Source: SIDA, Stockholm, Sweden

Sayagues, Mercedes
The Long and Winding Road from Civil War to Democracy: Women in Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique: Civic Education Association, 1994

Women's issues are not new to Mozambique. Since independence in 1975, FRELIMO had a policy of equality and liberation. It tried hard to provide basic education, health services and training for women and to encourage women to participate in politics without challenging the party in the public sphere or men in the private sphere.

Keywords: Democracy; Gender; Civil War
Source: Civic Education Association, Maputo.

SARDC Maputo
Gender Information in Mozambique and Angola: a Database
Maputo, Mozambique: SARDC-Maputo, 1999

The database documents the wealth of both published and unpublished literature on gender and women in Angola and Mozambique. Some of the entries are in Portuguese. Among the topics covered are agriculture, economic development, education and training, health, employment and labour, women's legal rights and women NGOs in the two countries.

Keywords: Gender; Development
Source: SARDC-Maputo, P.O. Box 975, Maputo.
Email:sardc@maputo.sardc.net

SARDC Maputo, INE, UEM
Mozambique Human Development Report 1998: Peace and Economic Growth - Opportunities for human development
Maputo, Mozambique: UNDP, 1999

The report brings together a wide range of statistical data to provide an analysis of the social and economic situation of Mozambique. It uses the available data and the methodologies drawn up by the global Human Development Reports to make a valuable contribution towards a more updated estimate of the Human Development Index. The report shows that the life expectancy and educational level are the components with the greatest weight in the composition of the Human Development Index. It indicates that the low level and fragility of the human development indices in Mozambique sum up the enormous challenges the country will have to meet in order to ensure the consolidation of peace, democracy and national reconciliation.

Keywords: Human Development; Economic Policy
Source: UNDP, P.O. Box 4595, Maputo; SARDC Maputo, Box 975, Maputo.
Email: agumende@maputo.sardc.net

SARDC Maputo, INE, UEM
Mozambique National Human Development Report 1999: Economic Growth and Human Development: Progress, obstacles and challenges
Maputo, Mozambique: UNDP, 2000

The second national Human Development Report is the product of a partnership between the UNDP country office in Mozambique, SARDC Maputo office, National Statistical Institute (INE) and Eduardo Mondlane University. The report is published in English and Portuguese and breaks new ground in calculating Mozambique's Human Development Index (HDI), which shows a significant increase. This award-winning edition shows that regional imbalances exist, disaggregating statistics for the first time to give HDI for the South, Centre and North of the country. Provides an up-to-date statistical data disaggregated by region and where possible, by gender. This report won international prizes for excellence in inpresentation and designln and ieparticipation and policy impactlo.

Keywords: Human Development; Economic Policy
Source: UNDP. P.O. Box 4595, Maputo; SARDC Maputo, Box 975, Maputo.
Email: agumende@maputo.sardc.net

Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA)
Maintenance, Rights and Women in Mozambique: Case Studies in the Southern Region
Maputo: Eduardo Mondlane University, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 1992

This report represents the results of a two-year research project into maintenance law by WLSA with hopes that the report will be considered by policy makers, academics, NGO's funding agencies, governments, administrators of law and others interested in improving the status of women by improving their legal rights.

Keywords: Human Rights; Women
Source: Regional Coordinator, WLSA Regional Office, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Email:wilsa@mweb.co.zw