Hlanze, Zakhe; Mkhabela, Lolo
Beyond Inequalities: Women in Swaziland
Mbabane, Swaziland and Harare, Zimbabwe: WLSA and SARDC-WIDSAA, 1998

The profile is part of the Beyond Inequalities 13 part series that profile the status of women in Southern Africa and the initiatives being made to mainstream gender in development processes in the region. The content of the text is based on the Swaziland's national priorities. The Swaziland National Plan of action priorities are: education, girl child, employment, women's economic empowerment, power-sharing and decision making, violence against women, women and health including women with disabilities. This is a valuable source for women, NGOs, donors, governments, policymakers and development practitioners.
WLSA project combines legal research with legal activism for women's rights. It carries out research in order to change women's lives in southern Africa. The project also aim to involve more women in research into women's legal rights, to improve research skills of socio-legal researchers and encourage exhcnag of imforation by networking among women in the region on their legal rights

Keywords: Human Rights; Country Profile
Source: SARDC, P.O. Box 5690, Harare, Zimbabwe and WLSA P. O. Box 182, Veni, Mbabane, Swaziland.

Government of Swaziland; Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
Gender and Population Issues in Swaziland's Development
Mbabane, Swaziland: Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, 1995

This report is meant to provide a critical analysis of the on-going process of designing a National Development Strategy (NDS) and Economic Policy Framework (EPF) in Swaziland. It is intended to constitute the basis for informed multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral discussion of several inter-linked issues, legal, social, cultural, economic and demographic, which in various ways are profoundly pervasive and influential.

Keywords: Gender; Population; Planning
Source: Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Mbabane, Swaziland.

Ribe, Phindile
Gender and Women's Issues Position Paper and The Swaziland Platform for Action for Equality, Development and Peace
Mbabane, Swaziland: Ministry of Home Affairs, May 1996

As stated in the title, this paper focuses on the status of women in Swaziland.

Keywords: Country Profile; The Girl Child; Policy
Source: Swaziland Committee on Gender and Women's Affairs (SCOGWA), Ministry of Home Affairs.

Women and Law in Southern Africa
Maintenance in Swaziland: report on maintenance in Swaziland
Kwaluseni, Swaziland: WLSAP, 1992

The report emphasizes that the problems of maintenance for women and children are varied, and require a variety of solutions, both legal and extra legal. The maintenance situation in Swaziland reflects a larger struggle over control of resources that policy-makers cannot afford to ignore.

Keywords: Gender; Law
Source: WLSA. P O Box UA 171 Union Ave, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Email: wlsa@mweb.co.zw