Religion, Gender, and Sustainable Development in East and Southern Africa

Tobias Marevesa is a New Testament Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, under the Robert Mugabe School of Heritage and Education at the Great Zimbabwe University where he teaches New Testament Studies and New Testament Greek.Nelly Mwale is a senior lecturer in the department of Religious Studies at the University of Zambia.Excellent Chireshe is an Associate Professor of Religion and Gender in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Great Zimbabwe University.Ezra Chitando is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.Sonene Nyawo is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, at University of Eswatini.

• Ch 1: Mapping religion, gender and Sustainable Development in East and Southern Africa: An Introduction.- Part I: Gender-based Violence and Reproductive Rights.- Ch 2: Socio-cultural and Religious Beliefs, Women’s Sexual Reproductive Rights, and Sustainable Development in Eswatini.- Ch 3: Intersections of religion, gender-based violence and sustainable development in Zimbabwe.- Ch 4: Regai Dzive Shiri: Early Girl-Child Marriage, Human Trafficking, and Erasure to Development in Masvingo Province.- Part II: Gender Equality and Indigenous Beliefs.- Ch 5: Shona Indigenous Religion and the Flexibility and Complementarity of Gender Roles as a Platform for Cultivating Gender Equality in Contemporary Zimbabwe.- Ch 6: Shona Traditional Religion, Cultural Beliefs, Gender, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe.- Ch 7: Gender Equality, Religion, and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa.- Part III: Bible, Gender and Sustainable Development.- Ch 8: Interpreting Ephesians 5:22-24 in the context of masculinities in crisis: Implications for men and sustainable development in Zimbabwe.- Ch 9: The dilemma of female ministers’ participation in leadership in the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe? Reintegrating Paul’s views in 1 Corinthians 11:5 and 14:34 & 35.- Part IV: Leadership, Gender, Religion and Sustainable Development.- Ch 10: Gender-Based-Violence, and Sustainable Development Goals: Lesotho’s Leadership in Perspective.- Ch 11: Mainline and Evangelical Churches Engendering Politics of Malawi Sustainable Development Goals (MSDGs) in Democratic Malawi (1992-2023).- Ch 12: The Role of Religion in Equipping Malawian Women for Sustainable Development and Politics.- Ch 13: Towards Integrated Sustainable Development in Africa: A Case of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians 2019-2024.- Ch 14: Religion, Gender, and Sustainable Development through the Lens of the Contributions of the Religious Sisters of Charity of Ottawa in Eastern Zambia.- Ch 15: Conclusion.