Blossary – Womens Rights in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe was ranked 72 out of 102 in the 2009 Social Institutions and Gender Index. In 2011, the Human Development Index for Zimbabwe was 0.376, placing the country at 173 out of 187 countries. For the Gender Inequality Index Zimbabwe received a score of 0.583, this placed the country at 118 out of 146 countries with data. In 2011, the World Economic Forum ranked Zimbabwe 88 out of 135 countries in its 2011 Global Gender Gap Report, with a score of 0.6607 where 0 represents inequality and 1 represents equality.

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Discriminatory Family Code

There are three types of marriage: civil marriage, registered customary marriage and unregistered customary marriage. The legal minimum age for civil marriage under the Marriage Act in Zimbabwe is 18 ...

Restricted Physical Integrity

The Criminal Law Act (Codification and Reform) 2006 prohibits sexual violence, including marital rape. The Act also prohibits wilful transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. ...

Son Bias

Zimbabwe has reached gender parity in primary school enrollments which indicates that there is no preferential treatment of sons with respect to primary school education. However, a gender gap ...

Restricted Resources and Entitlements

Despite a constitutional equal right to access land, women's access to land in Zimbabwe is undermined by discriminatory practices under customary law. Zimbabwean law recognises women's rights to have ...

Restricted Civil Liberties

The law guarantees women's freedom of movement; however the fear of violence set out in the Physical Integrity section, particularly in the context of political violence, poses a threat to women's ...