Seodi White
Seodi Venekai-Rudo White is a social development lawyer and women's rights activist. She is the Chairperson of the Network's Permanent Committee on Gender-Related Law. She was responsible for the enactment of the Malawi domestic violence legislation in 2006. In June 2006 she also headed a delegation that presented a report about Malawi's civil society to the United Nations CEDAM. She is currently the National Coordinator of Women and the Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust.Publications
- Sexual violence and women's vulnerability to HIV transmission in Malawi
- Beyond inequalities: Women in Malawi
- Contributing towards the realization of women's human rights and gender justice: Recommendations for a more equitable Constitution
- Engendering parliament in Malawi: A handbook for parliamentarians
- Gender and citizenship as a critical lens for analysis in development
- Law and policy review: How far has SADC engendered law and policy?
- Can the law reduce HIV transmission among women?
- The prevention of domestic violence bill in Malawi: Multisectoral perspectives
- Dispossessing the widow:Gender-based violence in Malawi
Books
- Dispossessing the Widow by Seodi Venekai White
- In search of justice: Women and the administration of justice
Accolades
- Malawi Human Rights Commission Award - 2004
- Visiting scholar at the International Women's Human Rights Project at the University of Toronto
