Overview
- Highlights the need to take religion and culture as key variables in pursuit of the SDGs
- Discsuses the ways in which religion and culture shape the discourse on women’s sexual reproductive health and rights
- Emphasizes that empowering African women is pivotal for attaining sustainable development
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Women’s Maternal Health
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Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Other Barriers to Women’s SRHR
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About this book
This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women’s 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 women’s 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.
Reviews
"This book offers a fresh look at the nexus between religion, gender and sustainable development in Zimbabwe. Focusing on the health and gender Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 3 and 5), the chapters foreground the importance of revisiting, as well as retrieving rich religio-cultural traditions in Zimbabwe as crucial tools for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The book will appeal to scholars and practitioners in religion, theology, development, gender and public health studies." (Godwell Nhamo, Chief Researcher, and Exxaro Chair in Climate and Sustainability Transitions, University of South Africa)
"The book is a collection of studies that break new ground on the interface of religion, culture and women’s sexual reproductive health and rights in the context of Sustainable Development Goals. The studies provide post-colonial reflective thinking on gender analysis of women and SRHR, vitality of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Gender basedviolence and the role of social media and literary texts on SRHR. The book offers, original and stimulating insights on women’s rights in Zimbabwe." (Tabona Shoko, Department of Philosophy Religion and Ethics, University of Zimbabwe)
"African Women’s role as nurturers of life is undeniably vital. Yet religion, culture and patriarchy collude to place African women’s sexual and reproductive health rights at the crossroads. This volume employs various methods, theories, the case study of Zimbabwe, and Sustainable Development Goals to propose possible solutions that can assist the world to achieve gender equality, to ensure healthy lives and to promote well-being for all ages—particularly for women and girls." (Musa Dube, Professor of New Testament, Emory University)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Religion, Women’s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe: Volume 1
Editors: Sophia Chirongoma, Molly Manyonganise, Ezra Chitando
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99922-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99921-6Published: 27 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99924-7Published: 28 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99922-3Published: 26 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 215
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion, African Culture, Gender Studies