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  1. 1. A Voice for the Voiceless: Young Women's Leadership Experiences in Zimbabwe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Johanna Olsson Selerud; Linda Bergkvist; [2013]
    Keywords : young women; leadership; SRHR; Zimbabwe; intersectionality; body politics; gender norms; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of the study has been to gain an understanding of how socio-cultural structures and gender norms affect young women’s leadership possibilities. This has been explored through a qualitative case study focusing on how young women leaders, working with sexual and reproductive health rights issues, experience and pursue leadership in Zimbabwe. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Legacy of Three Conflicts in Zimbabwe-Traumas and missed opportunities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Olsson Selerud; [2009]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; National Healing; Reconciliation; Trauma; Conflict analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study analyses three major conflicts in Zimbabwe during the past forty years through a filter of theoretical models. The study relies on secondary material in the form of articles, books and research reports. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women's Struggle in Finding Truth - A comparative study of the South African TRC and Rwandan Gacacas

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sanna Sjöblom; Johanna Olsson-Selerud; [2008]
    Keywords : Reconciliation; Truth Commissions ; Women; Rwandan gacacas ; South African TRCs ; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The role of women in post-conflict countries in Africa has always been less prioritised when working for reconciliation. Our aim in this thesis is to compare how the gacacas in Rwanda and TRC´s in South Africa treated the suffering of, and justice for women and what healing processes were put in place to help them. READ MORE