A Rights Based Approach to Reproductive Health in Zimbabwe

Patience Mutopo

ISBN 10: 3843370877 / ISBN 13: 9783843370875

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2011, 2011

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Neuware -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.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Rights Based Approach to Reproductive Health in Zimbabwe
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843370877
• ISBN 13: 9783843370875
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 155 grams

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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.

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.