Religion, Women s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe: Volume 2

This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women's sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe. It emphasizes that empowering African women is a pivotal pillar for attaining sustainable development. Contributors discuss the need for implementing structural changes as a prerequisite for social progress and development to occur in Southern Africa. They interrogate the extent to which religious beliefs and practices either promote or impede women's SRHR. The contributors also proffer several ways in which addressing the themes of health for all and equality for all women and girls can make a meaningful contribution towards the fulfillment of the goals set for Agenda 2030.

Highlights the need to take religion and culture as key variables in pursuit of the SDGs Discuses the ways in which religion and culture shape the discourse Emphasizes that empowering African women is pivotal for attaining sustainable development

Auteur
Sophia Chirongoma is a senior lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She is also a research fellow at the University of South Africa under the Research Institute for Theology and Religion.

Molly Manyonganise is a senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. She is also a Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Pretoria.

Ezra Chitando serves as Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe and Theology Consultant on HIV for the World Council of Churches. He is also extraordinary professor at the University of the Western Cape.

Texte du rabat

This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women s sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe. It emphasizes that empowering African women is a pivotal pillar for attaining sustainable development. Contributors discuss the need for implementing structural changes as a prerequisite for social progress and development to occur in Southern Africa. They interrogate the extent to which religious beliefs and practices either promote or impede women s SRHR. The contributors also proffer several ways in which addressing the themes of health for all and equality for all women and girls can make a meaningful contribution towards the fulfillment of the goals set for Agenda 2030.

Contenu
Chapter 1: Religion, Women's Health Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe (Volume 2).- Chapter 2: Ethical reflections on the effects of Zimbabwe's abortion policy on young women's reproductive health and dignity.- Chapter 3: Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Infertility and Women in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 4: Zimbabwean Women's Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights: Ethical and Moral Implications of the Proposed New Marriage Bill.- Chapter 5: The "Small House" Phenomenon and Its Impact on Zimbabwean Women's Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).- Chapter 6: Revamping of a sanctuary without honour: VaRemba women's sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the enclaves of religion and marriage.- Chapter 7: The Personification of Nature as Mother: Motherhood in Islam with Specific Reference to Varemba Women in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe.- Chapter 8: Saving Fish from Drowning?: An Africana Womanist Conceptualization of Wo/Manhood andSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Through Analyzing Selected ChiShona Literature Texts Saving Fish from Drowning?: An Africana Womanist Conceptualization of Wo/Manhood and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Through Analyzing Selected ChiShona Literature Texts. Chapter 9: Media Rhetoric, Women, Silences and Sexual Abuses in the Church.