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Bibliography Women in the Media – NAMWA; 1999 The National Gender Policy, Government of Namibia, 1997 Beyond Inequalities, SARDC/University of Western Cape, 1997 The Namibian – Namibia Mmegi – Botswana Racism in the Media, Rhodes Journalism Review, August 2000 52
Women in Interracial Marriage Still facing discrimination in Zimbabwe By Inter Press Service - Africa Although the legal environment governing inter racial marriages has greatly improved in Zimbabwe, women married to men of different races still have to confront social and cultural barriers. According to Dr Lovemore Madhuku, a constitutional law lecturer, discriminatory marriage laws existed before Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain in 1980. “The Marriages Act, which denied people of different races, particularly blacks and whites from marrying each other was repealed in the 1950s because it was discriminatory and unconstitutional. However, whites were not allowed to marry under the African Marriages Act, which was another form of racial discrimination,” Madhuku, who is also chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly, a civic organization advocating law reforms in Zimbabwe explains. Laws that discriminated against people on the grounds of their race were repealed after Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980, explained Madhuku. But after independence, laws were enacted which discriminated against people on the basis of gender. Of note was the Citizenship Act, which allowed foreign females to 53
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Page 9 and 10: African women make up 39.94% of the
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Page 31 and 32: At the end of six years in the same
Page 33 and 34: Religion, Racism and Gender By Dr M
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Page 43 and 44: Conclusions The Time is Now These t
Page 45 and 46: Dube, M. W, Other Ways of Reading:
Page 47 and 48: All major newspapers, magazines and
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