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Great attention has been paid to women's representation in Parliament since the Women's Conferences that started in 1975. However, the number of women elected to the Zambian Parliament has been insignificant. In 1964, women held 6.7% of the total parliamentary seats and forty-five years later in...

This dissertation examines the factors responsible for the emergence of African entrepreneurs in Fort Rosebery (Mansa) - Samfya area from the period 1930 to 1964. This study focuses on Mansa and Samfya districts. The coming of colonial rule to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) was followed by a complete...

This dissertation examines developments and challenges of prosecuting crimes of sexual violence in international tribunals and takes the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as a case study. The dissertation addresses the problem of ending impunity for crimes of sexual violence committed...

Between 1894 and 1953 Lenje, Leya and Tonga political systems underwent some significant change. Inspite of the same colonial policy, however, the change did not always follow a uniform pattern. In the thesis i investigate the reasons for this. My contention is that the peoples reactions, which...

The main objective of the study was to find out the factors that contribute to low levels of education among women focusing deliberately on those married to soldiers. The population consisted of all the women in Mikango barracks who are married to soldiers. A total sample of one hundred women...

Hierarchical tendencies among service centres as implied in the central place theory have been studied and their existence verified in different regions of the world. The Copperbelt of Zambia is selected as an ideal area for extending similar studies to serve as an example in tropical Africa....

This study sets out to reconstruct the educational history of the Barotse National School from 1907 to 1934. It is difficult to explain why the school was named "Barotse National School". It was probably so called to distinguish it from other schools that were exclusively run by the Paris...

This study investigates the extent of staff preparedness and willingness to participate in the implementation of the decentralized functions at the University of Zambia. It does so by means of questionnaires and interviews administered to teaching and senior non-teaching staff. The study also...

The main objective of the study was to determine the impact of sponsorship schemes of pupils from low-income families in selected boarding secondary schools in Southern Province. The study tried to establish how these schemes were offered and what,if any, their limitations were. The sample of...

Before 1990 girls education was not given enough attention in terms of access to school.However, in line with the international and national policy declarations, Zambia,through the Ministry of Education, has put in place a number of strategies to increase the girls' access to education. One such...