Title | Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information about "kuripa ngozi" (or virgin pledging) - the customary practice of offering a young girl or grown women as compensatory payment in inter-family disputes as well as in the appeasement of avenging deceased spirits. Is it widespread? 2. Is "kuripa ngozi" referred to in Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Act? Please provide the relevant clauses or section. 3. Is there information that the police do not uphold the laws relating to domestic violence? 4. At what age is a woman considered an adult in Zimbabwe? 5. At what age can a woman marry in Zimbabwe? 6. Deleted. 7. Deleted |
Publisher | Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal |
Publication Date | 16 September 2010 |
Country | Zimbabwe |
Topics | Domestic violence | Forced marriage | HIV and AIDS | Harmful traditional practices | Police | Sexual and reproductive rights | State protection | Women-at-risk |
Citation / Document Symbol | ZWE37447 |
Cite as | Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information about "kuripa ngozi" (or virgin pledging) - the customary practice of offering a young girl or grown women as compensatory payment in inter-family disputes as well as in the appeasement of avenging deceased spirits. Is it widespread? 2. Is "kuripa ngozi" referred to in Zimbabwe's Domestic Violence Act? Please provide the relevant clauses or section. 3. Is there information that the police do not uphold the laws relating to domestic violence? 4. At what age is a woman considered an adult in Zimbabwe? 5. At what age can a woman marry in Zimbabwe? 6. Deleted. 7. Deleted, 16 September 2010, ZWE37447, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4d9998442.html [accessed 6 June 2023] |
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