In Search of Justice
Women and the Administration of Justice in Malawi
This study represents the findings of a study on problems and contraints of accessing the justice delivery system as experienced by women in Malawi.
The objectives were: to uncover and analyse the structures that women use in search of justice; to examine the physical and administrative accessibility of the structures; to examine the personnel working in such structures/agencies and their competence; to discharge their duties in terms of gender sensitve attitudes, academic and professional qualifications; to analyse the facilities available for giving legal aid and assistance and their effectiveness in bringing the law close to women; to analyse the quality of such legal services as are given or are available to women outside the legal aid.
ISBN 9789990817690 | 136 pages | 216 x 140 mm | 2000 | Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust, Zimbabwe | Paperback
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About the Editor
- Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust
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Women in Law in Southern Africa-Malawi is the Malawi branch of the prestigious Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust (WLSA). WLSA was born of a group of women and men in southern Africa who wanted to advance the legal situation of women; and was founded in 1988 at a regional conference held in Zimbabwe by a group of lawyers and social scientists. It is regional and action-orientated and aims to improve the situation of women through advocacy and lobbying for law and policy changes. The organization works in the following southern African countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Since inception, WLSA has undertaken research and published several titles on women and the law on, for example, women and the administration of justice; family related issues; the changing concept of the family; and gendered African traditions, women human rights law.
