Gender Based Violence in Malawi : Critiquing Beliefs and Practices That Impede Gender Equality / edited by Rachel Fiedler and Chrispin Mphande.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fiedler, Rachel, editor.

Mphande, Chrispin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Mzuzu, Malawi : Mzuni Press, [2024]

Summary:

Endemic worldwide and strong in Malawi, Gender Based Violence permeates all structures of society.So lecturers and students of Mzuzu University in Northern Malawi have worked together to find the reality and any attempts to remedy it.The articles represent research in different communities of the three regions of Malawi.

Contents:

Foreword / Rhodian Munyenyembe

Introduction / Rachel NyaGondwe Fiedler, Chrispin Mphande and Rhodian Munyenyembe

Gender equality and inequality [for students and staff] on Mzuzu University campus / Rachel NyaGondwe Fiedler, Mtafu Manda, Chrispin Mphande, George Mhango, Ambumulire Itimu-Phiri

Gender based violence and marriage / Phillip Dinala

Gender based violence and Tonga women in a high-density suburb of Mzuzu in Northern Malawi / Twambilire Kayuni

Can teachings and practices in church promote gender based violence? A reflection on experiences of women in the Apostolic Mazoe Church in Malawi / Paul Gunde

Challenges to the police in rooting out gender based violence cases in patrilineal cultures of Northern Malawi / Peter Kalagho

Gender based violence among the matrilineal Chewa of Mchinji District / Philonia Yambani

PICC and domestic violence against children in Lilongwe in Central Malawi / Alfonsina Mipando

The church, the courts and gender based violence in Zomba Area / Thandie Chindongo

Marriage instructions against GBV : the Muslim way / Nazirah Malonga

Conclusion / Rachel Fiedler, Cogitator Mapala, Joyce Mlenga, Rhodian Munyenyembe, Francis Kudzula, Mervis Khoromana and Grace Saguga

Postscript / Dennis G. Willms

Bibliography.

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ISBN:

99960-76-13-X

OCLC:

1443935960