Dr. Rosalie Kumbirai Katsande

Qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Zimbabwe, 2016. Masters in Women’s Law, University of Zimbabwe, 2006, Bachelor of Laws, (LLB), University of Zimbabwe, 1995

Academic Appointments:

Senior Lecturer

Research Interests:

Women’s human rights and rights for vulnerable groups

Faculty: Law

Department: Legal Post Graduate Studies

Research Category: Law

Biography:

Dr Katsande is an academic, researcher and practitioner in Women’s Law. She is an experienced trainer with excellent student reviews. At Masters level, she teaches research Methodology, theories and perspectives in women’s law, women, land and environmental resources, and women commerce and law in Africa.

At undergraduate level she teaches Law Protecting Vulnerable Groups. She is extensively involved in supervision of Master’s and under graduate students’ dissertations. Her research interests centre on developing theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of the socio- legal aspects of women’s participation in economic activities in Africa

Email: rkatsande@law.uz.ac.zw

Phone: +263 772 429 798

Publications:

Chirisa, I., Mavhima, B., Nyevera, T., Chigudu, A., Makochekanwa, A., Matai, J., ... & Mundau, L. (2021). The impact and implications of COVID-19: Reflections on the Zimbabwean society. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 4(1), 100183.
Katsande, R. K., and Tandi, T. (2019). Gender Equality and Women’s Rights under the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution. In A. Moyo (ed.), Selected Aspects of the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution and the Declaration of Rights. (pp. 71- 85). Lund, Sweden: Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
Katsande, R.K., & Chirawu-Mugomba, S. (2018). Constitutional Foundations for Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Non Discrimination in Law Curriculum in Zimbabwe. East African Law Journal, 2018 (Special Issue), 34-53.
Stewart, J. E., and Katsande. R. K. (2018). We Don’t Know When the Trucks Will Come: the Quest for Safe and Inclusive Cities in Zimbabwe. In Social Theories of urban Violence in the Global South: Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities. (pp 49 – 62). Routledge.
Hellum, A., and Katsande, R. K. (2017). Gender, human rights and legal pluralities in Southern Africa: A matter of context and power. In Brems, E., and Corradi, G. Human rights and Legal Pluralism. (pp 119 – 136). Hart Publishing (CORE).
Mandipa, E., and Katsande, R. K. (2015).The impact of cultural practices and beliefs on the rights of women: A study of women with disabilities in Buhera District, Zimbabwe. International Journal on Minority group rights, issue 4.
Katsande, R. K., et al. (2011). Awakening Potential: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Teaching and Research. In Tsanga, A. S. & Stewart, J. E. (Eds.) Women and Law, Innovative Approaches to Teaching, Research and Analysis. pp393 – 432. United Kingdom: Weaver Press.
Book review
Stewart, J., and Katsande, R. (2012). Ann Stewart: Gender, Law and Justice in a Global Market. Journal of law and Society, 39 (4), 640 – 645.
Schatz, B. R. (2000, November 17). Learning by text or context? [Review of the book The social life of
information, by J. S. Brown & P. Duguid]. Science, 290, 1304. doi:10.1126/science.290.5495.1304
McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book Criminal investigative failures, by D. K. Rossmo]. Salus Journal, 6(1), 82-84. Retrieved from Directory of Open Access Journals.

Patented Work:

Grants & Funding (current and Past projects):

Awards & Achievements:

Received the Ifosys Faculty Innovative Curriculum Award for the International Association of Law Schools (IALS) - Innovative teaching techniques in human rights March 2013

Consultancy and advisory work (current and past):

Inclusion and exclusions: A gender analysis of the electoral governance in Zimbabwe – research commissioned by CODESERIA Meaning-making Research Initiatives (2019-2020)
Realising Justice? Negotiating Land Reform in Southern Africa. Commissioned by the British Academy (2016- 2018)
Women Participation in Politics and Influence in Zimbabwe (January 2017 to October 2017) commissioned by the Zimbabwe Gender Commission and funded by UNDP
Safe and Inclusive Cities Research to Reduce Urban Violence, Poverty and Inequalities - Research commissioned by IDRC (2013- 2016)
Danida Business Partnership Programme Zimbabwe Legal Aspects- Research commissioned by the Danish Embassy (2013)
Indigenization and Economic empowerment in Zimbabwe from a Legal Perspective: A Critical Review- Research commissioned by the Business Council of Zimbabwe (BCZ) (2011)
An Investigation of Incidences and Level of Xenophobia in Southern Africa. - Research commissioned by The Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) (2009)
Situational Analysis on the Right to Food - Research commissioned by The Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN) (2008)