Latest items for Zimbabwe
Sept. 29, 2025, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"November decision, made public in December, from Zimbabwe’s High Court, found that a law protecting certain preborn children from induced abortion is unconstitutional. The ruling still must be affirmed by the nation’s Constitutional Court. Judge Maxwell Takuva ruled that women raped by their husbands, as well as girls under the age of 18 who become pregnant, should legally be allowed to kill their preborn children through abortion...Abortion is legal in Zimbabwe if the pregnancy is a threat to the mother’s health or life, if the child 'will permanently be seriously handicapped,' and in cases of rape and incest. That law was put in place in 1977 by the Parliament of...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"November decision, made public in December, from Zimbabwe’s High Court, found that a law protecting certain preborn children from induced abortion is unconstitutional. The ruling still must be affirmed by the nation’s Constitutional Court. Judge Maxwell Takuva ruled that women raped by their husbands, as well as girls under the age of 18 who become pregnant, should legally be allowed to kill their preborn children through abortion...Abortion is legal in Zimbabwe if the pregnancy is a threat to the mother’s health or life, if the child 'will permanently be seriously handicapped,' and in cases of rape and incest. That law was put in place in 1977 by the Parliament of...more
Sept. 29, 2025, 4:51 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Currently, the law only allows the lawful termination of pregnancy when the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother, if the unborn child is at risk of physical or mental defects that could pose a serious risk to both mother and child, or if rape or incest is a reasonable possibility" (para 3).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Currently, the law only allows the lawful termination of pregnancy when the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother, if the unborn child is at risk of physical or mental defects that could pose a serious risk to both mother and child, or if rape or incest is a reasonable possibility" (para 3).
Sept. 21, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Teen pregnancies are rife in the southern African country because of lax enforcement of laws" (Para 10).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Teen pregnancies are rife in the southern African country because of lax enforcement of laws" (Para 10).
Sept. 21, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Zimbabwe criminalized sex with any person below 18 in September following an earlier constitutional court ruling ordering parliament to raise the legal age of consent for sex to 18 from 16" (Para 5).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Zimbabwe criminalized sex with any person below 18 in September following an earlier constitutional court ruling ordering parliament to raise the legal age of consent for sex to 18 from 16" (Para 5).
Sept. 21, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Zimbabwe’s laws already criminalize marital rape" (Para 2).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Zimbabwe’s laws already criminalize marital rape" (Para 2).
Sept. 21, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AOM-DATA-1
"Almost one of every four girls falls pregnant between the ages of 10 and 19, according to figures by the government and UNICEF. One of every three girls is wed before age 18 in the deeply conservative southern African country where girls are usually culturally forced to marry men responsible for their unplanned pregnancies" (Para 11).
Variables: AOM-DATA-1
"Almost one of every four girls falls pregnant between the ages of 10 and 19, according to figures by the government and UNICEF. One of every three girls is wed before age 18 in the deeply conservative southern African country where girls are usually culturally forced to marry men responsible for their unplanned pregnancies" (Para 11).
Sept. 21, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Zimbabwe’s restrictive abortion laws that often lead women and girls into illegal and unsafe backstreet abortions that in many cases turn fatal" (Para 3).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Zimbabwe’s restrictive abortion laws that often lead women and girls into illegal and unsafe backstreet abortions that in many cases turn fatal" (Para 3).
Sept. 21, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional, Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled" (Para 1). "Abortion is allowed in very few circumstances in Zimbabwe, including such as if the pregnancy endangers the life of a woman, or if there is a risk of a physical or mental defect “of such a nature that (the child) will permanently be seriously handicapped.” Women can also access legal abortion services in cases of unlawful sex such as incest" (Para 4).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional, Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled" (Para 1). "Abortion is allowed in very few circumstances in Zimbabwe, including such as if the pregnancy endangers the life of a woman, or if there is a risk of a physical or mental defect “of such a nature that (the child) will permanently be seriously handicapped.” Women can also access legal abortion services in cases of unlawful sex such as incest" (Para 4).
Sept. 21, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The country of 15 million people records about 77,000 unsafe abortions annually, but many others go unreported" (Para 9).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The country of 15 million people records about 77,000 unsafe abortions annually, but many others go unreported" (Para 9).
Sept. 4, 2025, 12:23 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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Aug. 9, 2025, 11:50 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
"Gross Enrolment Ratios for secondary school (Form 1-6) was 56.06 percent (55.31 percent for males, 56.81 percent for females)" (xviii). From this, GPI can be calculated as 1.03 (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
"Gross Enrolment Ratios for secondary school (Form 1-6) was 56.06 percent (55.31 percent for males, 56.81 percent for females)" (xviii). From this, GPI can be calculated as 1.03 (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Central African Rep, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, East Timor, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency" (para 11). "'I have faced a lot of challenges because as a woman you have to be married when you turn into your 20s,' she said. 'Even growing up you will be told a woman must aspire for marriage, you must not aspire to be great'" (para 21).
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency" (para 11). "'I have faced a lot of challenges because as a woman you have to be married when you turn into your 20s,' she said. 'Even growing up you will be told a woman must aspire for marriage, you must not aspire to be great'" (para 21).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1, AFE-DATA-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency. UNICEF cited teenage pregnancy and early marriage as key factors preventing girls completing high school and pursuing careers" (para 11).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1, AFE-DATA-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency. UNICEF cited teenage pregnancy and early marriage as key factors preventing girls completing high school and pursuing careers" (para 11).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency" (para 11).
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency" (para 11).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"Previously, girls could marry at age 16 in Zimbabwe while boys had to be 18. A Constitutional Court ruling led to law changes last year setting the legal age for marriage and sexual consent for both boys and girls at 18" (para 12).
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"Previously, girls could marry at age 16 in Zimbabwe while boys had to be 18. A Constitutional Court ruling led to law changes last year setting the legal age for marriage and sexual consent for both boys and girls at 18" (para 12).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"The 26-year-old Chiwanga is one of few young women to graduate from Zimbabwe’s National School of Visual Arts and Design" (para 13).
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-1
"The 26-year-old Chiwanga is one of few young women to graduate from Zimbabwe’s National School of Visual Arts and Design" (para 13).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-2
"'I have faced a lot of challenges because as a woman you have to be married when you turn into your 20s,' she said. 'Even growing up you will be told a woman must aspire for marriage, you must not aspire to be great' (para 21).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-2
"'I have faced a lot of challenges because as a woman you have to be married when you turn into your 20s,' she said. 'Even growing up you will be told a woman must aspire for marriage, you must not aspire to be great' (para 21).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The 'We Should All Be Human' exhibit in Zimbabwe was designed to raise the profile of young female artists and to ecncourage them to keep making art amid persistent societal pressures to get married, have children and change their focus to a life of domestic chores. 'You see a promising student, two or three years down the line they are married and they are done with art,' Muchemwa said. 'In our society, married women are not expected to be artists. They are frowned upon, yet their male counterparts are celebrated.' 'We are featured more as subjects and not as creators of art. It is a narrative that we need to...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The 'We Should All Be Human' exhibit in Zimbabwe was designed to raise the profile of young female artists and to ecncourage them to keep making art amid persistent societal pressures to get married, have children and change their focus to a life of domestic chores. 'You see a promising student, two or three years down the line they are married and they are done with art,' Muchemwa said. 'In our society, married women are not expected to be artists. They are frowned upon, yet their male counterparts are celebrated.' 'We are featured more as subjects and not as creators of art. It is a narrative that we need to...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The 26-year-old Chiwanga is one of few young women to graduate from Zimbabwe’s National School of Visual Arts and Design. She was one of 30 artists from 25 countries to have works included in the 'Notes for Tomorrow' exhibition on the COVID-19 pandemic, which was shown in the United States, Canada, China and Turkey in 2021 and 2022. She also had a show last year in Nigeria. The 'We Should All Be Human' exhibit in Zimbabwe was designed to raise the profile of young female artists and to ecncourage them to keep making art amid persistent societal pressures to get married, have children and change their focus to a life...more
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"The 26-year-old Chiwanga is one of few young women to graduate from Zimbabwe’s National School of Visual Arts and Design. She was one of 30 artists from 25 countries to have works included in the 'Notes for Tomorrow' exhibition on the COVID-19 pandemic, which was shown in the United States, Canada, China and Turkey in 2021 and 2022. She also had a show last year in Nigeria. The 'We Should All Be Human' exhibit in Zimbabwe was designed to raise the profile of young female artists and to ecncourage them to keep making art amid persistent societal pressures to get married, have children and change their focus to a life...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Botswana, Zimbabwe
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law" (para 18).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Zimbabwe ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Zimbabwe ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 25, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Deceased Estates Succession Act, Sec. 3b(II). (2).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Deceased Estates Succession Act, Sec. 3b(II). (2).
March 19, 2024, 1:06 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Apart from such challenges, sex workers also face stigma and lack of privacy from health-care workers" (para 4).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Apart from such challenges, sex workers also face stigma and lack of privacy from health-care workers" (para 4).
March 19, 2024, 1:06 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"The organ has it on record that studies show that sex workers often face violence from the police, clients and partners, increasing their risk of acquiring HIV. The prevalence of HIV among sex workers in Zimbabwe is exceptionally high, estimated at 42,2%" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"The organ has it on record that studies show that sex workers often face violence from the police, clients and partners, increasing their risk of acquiring HIV. The prevalence of HIV among sex workers in Zimbabwe is exceptionally high, estimated at 42,2%" (para 3).
March 19, 2024, 1:05 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-LAW-3
"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-LAW-3
"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 6).
March 19, 2024, 1:05 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? No" (para 5).
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? No" (para 5).
March 19, 2024, 1:05 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but soliciting is illegal. Soliciting widely defined as "publicly solicits”, which means (a) solicits in a public place or any place to which the public or any section of the public have access; or (b) solicits by publication of the solicitation in any printed or electronic medium for reception by the public. NB: There was a decision of constitutional court in 2015, which has made it much harder for police to arrest sex workers for soliciting - need a client to give evidence and cannot arrest women for simply being in a known red light area. Nevertheless, the soliciting laws remain on...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but soliciting is illegal. Soliciting widely defined as "publicly solicits”, which means (a) solicits in a public place or any place to which the public or any section of the public have access; or (b) solicits by publication of the solicitation in any printed or electronic medium for reception by the public. NB: There was a decision of constitutional court in 2015, which has made it much harder for police to arrest sex workers for soliciting - need a client to give evidence and cannot arrest women for simply being in a known red light area. Nevertheless, the soliciting laws remain on...more