The Research and Advocacy Unit’s latest report zooms in on Zimbabwe’s history of the use of organised violence and torture during elections. The report covers elections starting for general election…
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The latest RAU research is out. It’s a comparative analysis of five SADC countries exploring whether liberation movements that acquired government through armed struggle have a propensity for coercion in…
Introduction This short report is one section from a forthcoming monograph. The monograph is a detailed overview of the organised violence and torture that has afflicted Zimbabwe from 1980, as…
The Gender Lens Journal : Strengthening Women’s Advocacy for Inclusive Governance (SWAG) 2020 Vol. 1
Strengthening women’s advocacy for inclusive governance is a process whose time has come. This is in pace with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal Number 5 (SDG 5) seeking to…
IntroductionThe Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) is currently implementing a programme entitled “Creating Demand for Devolution by Young Women”. It seeks to empower young women to lead advocacy efforts calling…
Introduction This policy brief explores the challenges faced by youth as a result of the deteriorating socio-economic and political violence and effects of exclusion. It also highlights the importance of…
When the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) posted an opinion piece to celebrate World Mental Health Day on 10 October, we made the following comment: When the theme for 2020…
There is a question knocking around about how best to characterise the nature of the Zimbabwean state, a question that gets more urgent every week. The government’s view is that…
Abstract One of the consequences of all the Organised Violence and Torture (OVT) that has afflicted Zimbabwe for the past 40 or so years is a very large number of…
Background The world-wide crisis caused by Covid-19 seems entirely without precedent in the modern age. The spread of COVID-19 is accelerating. In Africa, most countries have now confirmed cases and…