This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, womens sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe. It emphasizes that empowering African women is a pivotal pillar for attaining sustainable development. Contributors discuss the need for implementing structural changes as a prerequisite for social progress and development to occur in Southern Africa. They interrogate the extent to which religious beliefs and practices either promote or impede womens SRHR. The contributors also proffer several ways in which addressing the themes of health for all and equality for all women and girls can make a meaningful contribution towards the fulfillment of the goals set for Agenda 2030.
Chapter 1: Religion, Womens Health Rights and Sustainable Development
in Zimbabwe (Volume 2).
Chapter 2: Ethical reflections on the effects of
Zimbabwes abortion policy on young womens reproductive health and dignity.-
Chapter 3: Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Infertility and Women in
Zimbabwe.
Chapter 4: Zimbabwean Womens Sexual Reproductive Health and
Rights: Ethical and Moral Implications of the Proposed New Marriage Bill.-
Chapter 5: The "Small House" Phenomenon and Its Impact on Zimbabwean Womens
Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
Chapter 6: Revamping of a
sanctuary without honour: VaRemba womens sexual reproductive health and
rights (SRHR) in the enclaves of religion and marriage.
Chapter 7: The
Personification of Nature as Mother: Motherhood in Islam with Specific
Reference to Varemba Women in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe.
Chapter 8: Saving Fish
from Drowning?: An Africana Womanist Conceptualization of Wo/Manhood
andSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Through Analyzing
Selected ChiShona Literature Texts Saving Fish from Drowning?: An Africana
Womanist Conceptualization of Wo/Manhood and Sexual and Reproductive Health
and Rights (SRHR) Through Analyzing Selected ChiShona Literature Texts.
Chapter 9: Media Rhetoric, Women, Silences and Sexual Abuses in the
Church.
Sophia Chirongoma is a senior lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She is also a research fellow at the University of South Africa under the Research Institute for Theology and Religion.
Molly Manyonganise is a senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. She is also a Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Pretoria.
Ezra Chitando serves as Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe and Theology Consultant on HIV for the World Council of Churches. He is also extraordinary professor at the University of the Western Cape.
