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This study examined and compared factors that influenced lack of male interest in the use of family planning between the urban and rural communities of Monze District in the Southern Province of Zambia. It discusses findings from married male respondents and participants of a focus group...

The study’s main purpose was to investigate the factors that contributed to low reading levels in both Chinyanja and English languages among Grade 5 pupils learning under ROC in selected basic schools in Lusaka District. The study employed qualitative data collection and analysis procedures to...

Background: Family planning is a key component of reproductive health and is one of the effective interventions in reducing maternal and infant mortality. Despite family planning activities having started in the 1960s in Zambia, the contraceptive utilization rate is only 34.2%. One of the reasons...

In Zambia, the literature shows that there is scanty information geared particularly to this group. Most studies on Zambian women merely give a skeletal picture of these women by simply mentioning them. The literature search further indicates that no such studies have been written from a social...

This dissertation discusses fiscal decentralization and service delivery with particular attention to Lusaka City Council (LCC), one of the local authorities in Zambia. Zambia’s local government system encompasses an ideology of fiscal decentralization. In addition, the Local Government Act of...

This study attempts to look at oral narratives of the Valley Tonga of Zambia that project these people's practices in marriage. In the absence of previous study of Valley Tonga Literature, let alone serious examination of Tonga narratives in general, the need to strike a balance between...

This study discusses the competing interests between foreign investment protection and the citizen’s right to the enjoyment of the country’s natural wealth with regard to exploitation of mineral resources. Following the cancellation of Development Agreements (DAs) under section 160 (1) of the...

This study examined whether or not gender biases existed in the anti-AIDS posters and their accompanying captions in Lusaka, Zambia. The exercise was undertaken to test the proposition that there were gender biases whether against men or against women, or in favour of men or in favour of womenin...

Gender equality in all areas and at all levels was well appreciated by the world community especially when it’s promotion reached the climax during the fourth UN conference in Beijing in 1995 (Hilka, P. and Jeanne, V. 1995). Member states including Zambia participated in making declarations to...

Against a background of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) promoting gender equality as a key component for addressing poverty and enhancing human development, this study presents findings on the extent to which selected NGOs in Lusaka have mainstreamed gender. The purpose of the study was to...