A Rights Based Approach to Reproductive Health in Zimbabwe: The Case of Adolescent Girls - Softcover

Mutopo, Patience

 
9783843370875: A Rights Based Approach to Reproductive Health in Zimbabwe: The Case of Adolescent Girls
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3843370877 ISBN 13: 9783843370875
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Patience Mutopo is currently a PhD Research Fellow with theCologne African Studies Centre, University of CologneGermany. Her research interests are the theory and practice ofhuman rights, gender, environmental governance and agriculturalcommodity chains. She is also a research associate with RuzivoTrust in Zimbabwe.

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Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3843370877
ISBN 13 
9783843370875
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
92