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Mvududu, Sarah C.

Lobola : its implications for women's reproductive rights in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe / created by Sarah C. Mvududu, Chikadzi Joseph, Puleng Letuka, Keiso Matashane-Marite, Dorothy Kaunda, Eulalia Tembo, Zakhe E. Hlanze, Priscilla Chileshe and Tsitsi Nzira. - 51 pages.

Includes bibliographical references.

Section 1
Introduction
Theoretical framework and critical concepts

Section 2

Lobola in context
Current lobola practices in the seven WLSA countries
Introductory ceremony
The main ceremony
The legal, social, economic and cultural consequences of current lobola practices for
women and girls in the seven WLSA countries

Section 3
The dynamics of lobola, the marriage institution
and gender rights within families
What are women's reproductive rights?
Implications of lobola for women's rights
Bodily integrity
Women as property
Violence against women

Section 4
Conclusion, recommendations and possible areas of action
Recommendations
Areas of action

Bibliography

ISBN: 1779150067

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women's rights--Africa
Bride price--Africa
Africa--Africa

LC Class. No.: HQ1236.5.A35 LOB