Executive Summary The plight of prisoners is generally overlooked by society as there is a lack of knowledge and understanding of prisoners’ rights and needs. The fact that a person...
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Executive Summary Much research work has been conducted around the rights of prisoners and detainees the world over, Zimbabwe is no exception. On this basis, it is important that compliance...
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Executive Summary The right to human dignity is one of the fundamental rights afforded to a human being by virtue of being human irrespective of nationality, race, gender, religion, ethnicity...
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Executive Summary Zimbabwe has an enviable record in Africa for the quality of its educated population. The enormous investment in education from the beginning of Independence in 1980, has drawn...
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RAU in partnership with Kufunda Village held two participatory workshops on the Art of Hosting with young women leaders in Harare and Bulawayo. The young women drawn from Kadoma, Bindura,…
Background In 2009, the Research and Advocacy Unit in collaboration with the progressive Teachers‘ Union of Zimbabwe carried out a study to document the experiences of violence that teachers experienced...
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Executive Summary This policy brief deals with the issue of making schools, pupils and teachers safe from exposure to political violence during elections. The brief builds upon previous research carried...
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Executive Summary Social capital has become a concept of growing interest in the past two decades. The presence of a high degree of social capital is argued to be one...
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Abstract In the context of the momentous changes to the Zimbabwean polity, the predilection for violent political problem solving is examined. By reference to public data on political violence for...
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Background This paper is a review of developments since the Harmonised elections in 2013, and builds on previous analyses. A comprehensive analysis by RAU in May 2016 – Conflict or…