The impact of gender disempowerment on the welfare of Zimbabwean women

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This article examines the human rights abuses suffered by women and children in developing countries with a focus on Zimbabwe. The author, arguing that patriarchal systems disempower women and generates a cycle of impoverishment for women and children, suggests that organizing a strength based community by NGOs, governments, and grassroots women's movements can ensure the protection of women's and children's human rights.

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Contradictions in the ideologies of helping: Examples from Zimbabwe and Moldova

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Zimbabwe and Moldova who despite their profound cultural differences face the same predicament of transitioning from state-run to privatized economies with common features that include deterioration of economic and social infrastructure, foreign economic intervention, privatization of the economy, increase in social problems and charitable social assistance in place of governmental support.

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Democratic language and neo-liberal practice: The problem with civil society

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A study into the widely contested contexts of the term 'civil society' used by groups and writers and how increasing use has coincided with the expansion of the voluntary and non-governmental organizations into welfare delivery is illustrated.

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