…the aim of these courts is “to restore the relation between the parties and the community”, while the solutions and punishments are based on restitution, on compensation and on satisfaction…
…on with the policy of non-intervention in family relationships to protect women’s rights. For this reason, our interviews focused on the victims’ forms of resistance to domestic violence. Our aim…
…possibilities for a more plural expression of the struggle of women for emancipation, after changes in the political system that occurred in the early 1990s (new Constitution and respect for…
…companions and organise their life together for a common well-being. This is expressed when they talk of “Family Representation”, but also in Article nr. 1677, on “Administration of Properties”. “Administration…
…to exercise indirect control over the couple’s income by denying them the possibility of buying goods that are valued by society. Sex and reproduction The regulation of sex and reproduction…
…intervention by activists. Activists and homecare Various national and foreign organisations are working on prevention. For example, by 2010 the Provincial Nucleus for Fighting AIDS in Maputo was working with…
…mutilating effect on cognitive capacities and the capacity for effective action (Banchs, 1995 quoted by Narvaz and Koller, 2006). The shame that should be felt by the one who hit…
…the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, ratified on 2 June 1993) and the Mozambican Constitution proclaims this principle. Mozambique also signed the SADC…