GENDER POLICIES
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
AND BEYOND
A selected bibliography 2000
Chapter 1 - Southern Africa
AEI, SARDC, UNICEF
Trascending the Legacy: Children in the New Southern Africa
AEI, SARDC, UNICEF, 1995

South African distabilization of it's neighbours during the 1980s bore deep-seated problems of poverty and dislocation to health, nutrition, and education systems. Southern African researchers examine the complex legacies that apartheid and destabilization have left behind. Looks at the obstacles to progress imposed by that legacy, for children and women, supported by examples and case studies.

Keywords: Apartheid;Children
Source: SARDC P.Box 5690 Harare, Zimbabwe. Email:sardc@sardc.net

Armstrong, Alice K.
Struggling Over Scarce Resources: Women and Maintenance in Southern Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1992 .

Regional report of a research project on maintenance laws in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho and Botswana undertaken between 1990 and 1991. It presents information about the content and effectiveness of current maintenance laws and focuses on suggestions for legal, administrative and policy changes which will lead to increased family income levels and insure that women and children get fair share of the scarce resources available.
Keywords: Legislation; Maintenance
Source: University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe.

AWEPA -African European Institute (AEI)
Toward Practical Gender Equality: from Dialogue to Action
Cape Town, South Africa: African European
Institute, 1997

This report aims to contribute to the achievement of democracy within the SADC region through promoting women's full and equal participation in decision-making at all levels towards participatory development and more creative democratic process.
Keywords: Equal Rights; Policy
Source: AWEPA-AEI), Plein Park Building , Plein Street, Cape Town 8001, South Africa.
Email:awepact@wn.apc.org
Banda, D.L.
National Gender Policy
Arusha, Tanzania: Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI), 1997

This document provides the outline for the construction of a National Gender Policy.

Keywords: Gender; Policy
Source: ESAMI, Arusha, Tanzania.

Chisholm, Linda; Makwati, Glory J.T.; Marope, P.T.M.; Dumba-Safuli, Samuel D.
SADC Initiative in Education Policy Development, Planning and Management:
Report of a Needs Assessment Study


Harare, Zimbabwe Mbabane, Swziland: UNESCO and SADC Human Resources Development Sector, 1998

The book assesses the regional capacity needs in regard to education policy development, planning, management and implementation processes. Particular attention is paid to the political and economic context and its relationship to education, recent education policy initiatives and strategies, policy processes including those of formulation and implementation, and as assessment of capacity at international, regional and national levels.
Keywords: Education; Management
Source: UNESCO Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa, PO Box HG435, Highlands, Harare. Zimbabwe.
Email: unesco@hre.unesco.co.zw

Dorsey, Jo Betty
Gender Inequalities in Education in the Southern Africa Region: Analysis of Intervention Strategies
Harare, Zimbabwe: UNESCO, 1996

UNESCO launched a promotional campaign to
increase the participation of girls and women and other target groups with limited access to the conventional form of basic education. Through deliberate policies of affirmative action,UNESCO Harare Office assists member states of the organisation in the sub-region in search of appropriate strategies to improve access to and quality of basic education.
Keywords: Education; Affirmative Action
Source: UNESCO Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa, P.O. Box HG 435, Highlands, Harare. Zimbabwe.
Email: unesco@hre.unesco.co.zw
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