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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 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Zimbabwe: Legal recourse and availability of state protection to female victims of sexual and/or domestic abuse; women's organizations and lawyer/advocacy groups and the exact nature of the services (shelters, protection, financial assistance etc.) that they provided and on how successful these groups are 25 January 2002 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Zimbabwe: Information a Shona tribe named "Vambire" and forced marriage and forced circumcision practice among the Shona ethnic group in order to avenge the spirit "Ngozi," especially in district of Wedza and the province of Mashonaland 6 December 2001 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Zimbabwe: Information on whether a woman who is forced into a prearranged marriage by her parents would have recourse to the courts, on whether she could obtain legal counsel, on whether she could have access to women's groups, and on whether these groups could be able to assist her in legal matters and personal matters such as lodging 1 April 1997 Time Exceeded Your action exceeded the time limit.