The social and political construction of policies on adolescent pregnancy and child marriage in Zambia (1964-2018)
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2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This thesis explores the social and political construction of adolescent pregnancy and child marriage policy and practices in Zambia between the nation's birth in 1964 and 2018 using a social constructionist approach. This approach questions the many ways social problems are defined, labelled, framed and understood by different groups/actors. Using a multimodal research method, I combined archival materials, policy documents, parliamentary speeches, newspapers and interviews with non-state actors.
The main findings show that firstly (in a broader context), Zambia is caught up in multiple spatio-temporalities: its colonial past, “Christian nation notion/ideology”, and neoliberal developmentalism.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
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Adolescents, Child marriage, Christianity, Pregnancy, Zimbabwe