1996 to 2005 - In the News
The following articles were published in various newspapers and magazines. They are available via PDF download.
2005
- ‘No peace in the marriage’: Inheritance Disputes and Law Reform Possibilities [pdf]
- Polygamy: To share or not to share? That is the Question [pdf]
- Proposed changes to the law on customary marriage [pdf]
- New law reform proposals on divorce [pdf]
- The death penalty: Violation of basic human rights and ineffective crime deterrent [pdf]
- The death penalty is not the answer [pdf]
2004
- Gender Scorecard 2004 [pdf]
- Is Namibia Prepared for Paternity Leave? [pdf]
- Ideas from our neighbours: South African law on children born outside of Marriage [pdf]
- What happens when a parent dies? What the Children’s Status Bill says [pdf]
- Taking care of children born outside of marriage: Access, custody and guardianship in the Children’s Status Bill [pdf]
- Does love know any boundaries? Your questions answered on marriage and the law [pdf]
- Farewell to Women’s Solidarity [pdf]
- The “Vulnerable Witnesses” Act: Children in Court: Protecting Vulnerable Witnesses [pdf]
- Why Children Need Fathers [pdf]
- Namibians Speak Out Against Domestic Violence [pdf]
- Making the Labour Bill more Gender-Sensitive [pdf]
2003
- LAC’s Gender Research & Advocacy Project: Ten Years of Work towards Gender Equality [pdf]
- African Protocol on the Rights of Women Takes One Step Forward [pdf]
- Faithfulness, adultery and the law [pdf]
- Domestic Violence and Maintenance: Two Big Problems and Two New Laws [pdf]
- Law, Race and Gender: Moving Towards Equality in Marriage and Inheritance [pdf]
- Respecting Our Elders: The First National Consultative Conference of Older People [pdf
- Recognition of customary marriages in South Africa: A model for Namibia? [pdf]
- Namibia – Land of the Free?: Police and public gatherings [pdf]
2002
- Gender Scorecard 2002 [pdf]
- The Combating of Domestic Violence Bill – Why We Need it Now [pdf]
- Putting Children First with New Maintenance Act [pdf] (Sister magazine)
- What Steps to Take for Step-Children? [pdf]
2001
- The Men Against Violence Against Women Movement in Namibia [pdf] Development journal (Society for International Development: SAGE Publications)
- Apartheid Laws on Marriage: Sorting Out the Problem [pdf]
- Sexual Orientation and International Human Rights [pdf]
2000
- Gender Scorecard 2000 [pdf]
- Why the Law on Sodomy should be Repealed [pdf]
- Domestic Violence Courts in Canada: A Special Solution [pdf]
- An Overview of the Combating of Rape Bill (Sister magazine)
- Rape Re-Defined: A Summary of the New Combating of Rape Bill [pdf]
- When Violence Hits Home: Domestic Violence Cases in Namibia [pdf]
- Assault and Murder in Our Homes Daily: Violence On Namibian Television [pdf]
- Men Against Violence [pdf] (2000)
1999
- Gender and the Law: The Millennium Scorecard [pdf]
- Using the Law to Help Women fight Poverty and Violence [pdf]
- Making Rape in Marriage Illegal [pdf]
- An Overview of the Combating of Rape Bill [pdf]
1998
- Gender Scorecard 1998 [pdf]
- Namibia and CEDAW [pdf] (unpublished)
- Put Your Children First [pdf]
- Domestic Violence - How Society Can Help [pdf]
- The Problem of Spousal Abuse [pdf]
- Domestic Violence in Namibia [pdf]
1997
- Gender Scorecard 1997 [pdf]
- Morality and The Law: The Abortion Question [pdf]
- Equality in an Unequal World [pdf]
- A Case Against Mandatory HIV Testing of Rapists [pdf]
- The Age of Consent [pdf]
- The Age of Consent - part two [pdf]
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