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Statement On Cabinet Approval in Principle of the ATI Bill
(2023-08-01)As the government prepares the draft Bill for introduction to the National Assembly, the ATI Coalition wishes to invite all members of parliament to keep the ideals of transparency, accountability and citizen participation ... -
October 2016 Second Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Obligations of Corparates
(2016-10-30)This Book is the second in a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders”. The series of books is a product of the Jesuit Centre for Theological ... -
October 2022 third Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Negotiation Skills
(2016-10-30)This Book is the third in a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders”. The series of books is a product of the JCTR partnership with Diakonia and ... -
A Negotiation Handbook for Communities and Traditional Leaders: Facilitators’ Booklet: Negotiation Role Play
(2016-10-30)This booklet is the facilitators’ handbook to guide the negotiation role play. It is to be used by a facilitator together with Book 3 (Negotiation Skills)of a series of three books that together constitute the “Negotiation ... -
Is There Health Equity in Zambia? A Case Study
(2003-03)Zambia has for a long time been experiencing high levels of poverty and inequality. This has been manifested in a number of ways, health poverty and inequality being one of them. The cause of worsening poverty in Zambia ... -
Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Sustainable Development
(2009)There is an old saying that ‘nothing is certain in life but death and taxes’. Meaning you can’t avoid either of the two. Tax however can be made less intimidating than the above quote seems to suggest. Government needs ... -
The National Budget Cycle: Children's Participation
(2010)Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that, state parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views to express those views freely in all matters affecting ... -
JCTR Presents to NCC Citizens’ Demand for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) in the New Bill of Rights
(2009-02-04)The previous day, 3 February, the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) presented to the Human Rights Committee of the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) more than 12 thousand (12,481) signatures from ... -
The JCTR is Concerned That The Right to Safe Drinking Water is Under Threat
(2019-01-29)Access to affordable water and acceptable sanitation is critical to the health well-being of Zambians. Many people do not have access to clean water for the basic purposes of health and sanitation. In early January, the ... -
Inclusion of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the New Constitution A Must
(2008-05-10)The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) calls on the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) to seriously consider the inclusion of Economic, Social, and Cultural rights (ESCR) in a new Bill of Rights of the ... -
Joint Press Statement By Three Church Mother Bodies on the Arrest and Detention of Faith Leaders and the CTPD Staff in Ndola
(2018-10)The CCZ, EFZ and the ZCCB were registering their extreme disappointment and concern at the then recent action by the police to prevent citizens from exercising their constitutional right to meet and discuss national issues ... -
Labour Day, ESCR And “Smart Partnership”
(2008-04-29)This year’s Labour Day celebration occurs within a context of conflict as government is proposing to lay before the Parliament new labour legislation that is highly contentious. Zambia is to host the “Smart Partnership” ... -
True Freedom Cannot Be Realised in Zambia Without Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the New Constitution
(2008)Can true freedom be realised in Zambia without economic, social and cultural rights in the new constitution? The press release was on the celebration of the 44th African freedom day. It was centred on the emphasising the ... -
Analysis of The Effects of Emerging Economic Trends in on Access to Children’s Rights
(2018-12)Governments that are party to the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child including Zambia have a responsibility to take all measures to make sure children’s rights are respected, protected and fulfilled. These ... -
Access to Information Law in Zambia: For Who and for What?
(2018-05)Since the coming of the Patriotic Front (PF) party into power, there has been great public expectation about the enactment of the Access to Information law. This public expectation arose from the fact that it was one of ... -
A Review of The Current Policy Environment Promoting Access to Early Childhood And Primary Education in Zambia
(2017)It is said that a successful implementation of any Early Childhood Education (ECE) programmes greatly depends on the availability of a comprehensive ECE policy. Sadly, for Zambia, fifty-two years after independence, the ... -
Socioeconomic Status, Health Status And Health Equity: A Case Study of Zambian Households in Selected Areas
(2003-03)Zambia has for long been experiencing high levels of poverty and inequality. This has been manifest in a number of ways, health poverty and inequality being one of them. The causes of the worsening poverty in Zambia have ... -
Final Assessment Report on Public Investment in Children- The Case of Kitwe Zambia
(2018-01)The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR), a faith based organization and a ministry of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), strives to translate into action Christian principles and values related to promoting social ... -
Social Protection And Children’s Rights in Zambia
(2008-05)Social protection and the issue of children’s rights have been on the development agenda for over three decades. In the late 1980s and early 1990s social protection emerged as a critical response to the “social safety nets” ...
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