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A critical cartography of domestic violence policies in Mozambique

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dc.contributor.author Jetha, Eunice
dc.contributor.author Keygnaert, Ines
dc.contributor.author Seedat, Mohamed
dc.contributor.author Nhampoca, Joaquim
dc.contributor.author Sidat, Mohsin
dc.contributor.author Roelens, Kristien
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-17T14:41:30Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-17T14:41:30Z
dc.date.issued 2021-08-09
dc.identifier.citation Jethá, E., Keygnaert, I., Seedat, M. et al. A critical cartography of domestic violence policies in Mozambique. Reprod Health 18, 169 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01215-7 en
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01215-7
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28631
dc.description.abstract Background: Domestic violence (DV) affects millions of people worldwide, especially women impacting their health status and livelihoods. To prevent DV and to improve the quality of victims’ lives, Mozambican governmental and nongovernmental entities are making efforts to develop adequate policies and legislation and to improve the accessibility of services for victims of DV. However, a critical review of whether or not current policies and legislation concerning DV in Mozambique are in agreement with international guidelines has yet to be examined. Therefore, this paper aims to map the Mozambican legislative and policy responses to DV. It also strives to analyse their alignment with international treaties and conventions and with each other. Methods: Through a critical cartography, documents were selected and their content analysed. Some of these documents were not available online, printed versions were not available on the field and some were not up to date. Therefore, we had to search for them via physical office visits at governmental institutions with a responsibility to deal with DV aspects. These documents were listed and analysed for key content applying a framework inquiring on recommendations of international agencies such as World Health Organization. Subsequently, we compared these policies with international conventions and treaties of which Mozambique is signatory and with each other to identify discrepancies. Results: Overall, six institutions were visited assuring identification of all available information and policy documents on DV. We identified a total of fifteen national DV documents of which five were on laws, one on policy and nine institutional strategic/action plans. Most of the national DV documents focused on strategies for assistance/care of victims and prevention of DV. Little focus was found on advocacy, monitoring and evaluation. Conclusions: Mozambique has demonstrated its commitment by signing several international and regional treaties and conventions on DV. Despite this, the lack of consistency in the alignment of international treaties and conventions with national policies and laws is remarkable. However, a gap in the reliable translation of national policies and laws into strategic plans is to be found particularly in relation to naming type, beneficiaries, main strategies and multisectorial approach. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher BioMed Central (BMC) en
dc.subject Domestic Violence en
dc.subject Policies en
dc.subject Mozambique en
dc.title A critical cartography of domestic violence policies in Mozambique en
dc.type Article en
dc.description.department Institute for Social and Health Studies (ISHS) en


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