Many African societies limit the roles of women to domestic work and raising children while men are left to handle all the decision making processes. This perspective has been cemented by such opinions as “the societal conventions regarding gender and leadership, traditionally exclude women, and...
Download PDF ↓The vision of the National Gender Policy (NGP) was to achieve gender equity at all levels of decision making in the Zambian political economy. Institutions of higher learning occupy a very important role in the socio-economic development of Zambia and are critically affected by gender policy...
Download PDF ↓In spite of the fact that females constitute about 52% of the population in Zambia, their participation in decision-making positions has continued to lag far behind males. Many social scientists have argued that gender inequality in decision-making positions has contributed to retarded and...
Download PDF ↓The main objective of this study was to ascertain a gender perspective among para- suicides in the City of Lusaka. The study makes the observation that suicide has become one of the major social problems globally, where it is estimated that 8 to 14 people per 100,000 commit suicide each year....
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