Unity Dow

Unity Dow
member of the National Assembly of Botswana (en) 2014 - Minister of Education and Skills Development (en) Silimin gɔli February 2015 - Silimin gɔli September 2016 Minister of Education and Skills Development (en) Silimin gɔli September 2016 - Silimin gɔli April 2018 Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development (en) Silimin gɔli April 2018 - Silimin gɔli June 2018 Foreign Minister of Botswana (en) Silimin gɔli November 2, 2019 - Silimin gɔli August 26, 2020
Mochudi (en) , Silimin gɔli April 23, 1959 (run 66)
O ya Tiŋgbaŋ	Botswana
Bia	view Cheshe Dow (en)
Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ	University of Edinburgh (mul) Bachelor of Laws (mul) University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (en) Bachelor of Laws (mul)
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu	Silmiinsili Tswana (en)
Tuma
Tuma	writer (en) , sariya ŋmaara, Sariya dira, politician (en) ni novelist (en)
Notable work	Far and Beyon' by Unity Dow (en)
Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee	view Knight of the Legion of Honour  (2010) OkayAfrica 100 Women  (2017)
O ni be paati shɛli ni	Botswana Democratic Party (en) Botswana Congress Party (en)

Unity Dow (Tɛmplet:Née Diswai; bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni April biɛɣ'pishi ni ata yuuni 1959) nyɛla Motswana alikaali nira, sabira n-ti pahi jintɔra zaŋ n-ti Kgatleng West tum yuuni Silimiin goli November yuuni 2024.

Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim

Unity Diswai nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Silimiin goli April biɛɣ'pishi ni ata yuuni 1959 tiŋ yuli booni Mochudi, Kgatleng District, Botswana (lala saha ŋɔ bɛ daa na mi li la Bechuanaland Protectorate), O nyɛla ŋun bɔhim alikaali tali University of Botswana and Swaziland. O nyɛla ŋun mali Bachelor of Laws yuuni 1983 ka di yina University of Botswana and Swaziland.

Unity Dow

Selected works

Academic

• Dow, Unity; Mogwe, Alice (1992). The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Legal Status of Children in Botswana: A Consultancy Report for UNICEF, Botswana. Gaborone, Botswana: Women and Law in Southern Africa. OCLC 474483768.
• Dow, Unity; Kidd, Puseletso (1994). Women, Marriage, and Inheritance. Gaborone, Botswana: Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust. ISBN 978-99912-0-153-5.
• Dow, Unity (1995). The Citizenship Case: The Attorney General of the Republic of Botswana vs Unity Dow. Gaborone, Botswana: Lentswe La Lesedi. OCLC 718046544.
• Dow, Unity (1999). "Domestic Application of Regional and International Treaties in Africa, with Specific Reference to Women's Rights". In Ankumah, Evelyn A.; Kwakwa, Edward K. (eds.). The Legal Profession and the Protection of Human Rights in Africa. Maastricht, The Netherlands: Africa Legal Aid. pp. 69–78. ISBN 90-76441-01-4. OCLC 772508198.
• Dow, Unity (2000). "National Implementation of International Law: The Dow Case". In Tokman, Victor E.; United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (eds.). Bringing International Human Rights Law Home: Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York: United Nations. pp. 112–116. ISBN 92-1-130204-8. OCLC 717000925.
• Dow, Unity (2010). "Kapitel V – Werte und Traditionen: Diamanten bedeuten Liebe. Kühe etwa nicht? [Chapter V – Diamonds Mean Love. Aren't They Cows?]". In Köhler, Horst (ed.). Schicksal Afrika: Denkanstöße und Erfahrungsberichte [Fate of Africa: Food for Thought and Experience Reports] (in German) (Originalausgabe ed.). Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag. pp. 263–267. ISBN 978-3-499-62644-9.
• Dow, J. U. (2001). How the global informs the local: The Botswana citizenship case. Health Care for Women International, 22(4), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330120965

Literary

• Dow, Unity (2000). Far and Beyon'. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. OCLC 8106613885.
• Dow, Unity (2002). The Screaming of the Innocent. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. OCLC 8106611734.
• Dow, Unity (2003). Juggling Truths. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. OCLC 8106610182.
• Dow, Unity (2007). The Heavens May Fall. Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press. ISBN 978-1-876756-48-2.
• Dow, Unity; Stielau, Jo (2009). I Know You Still Love Me: Stories about Living with HIV and AIDS. Cape Town, South Africa: Maskew Miller Longman. ISBN 978-0-636-09432-1.
• Dow, Unity; Essex, Myron (2010). Saturday Is for Funerals. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-05077-8.

Lihimi m-pahi

• First women lawyers around the world

Kundivihira

Bibliography

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• (June 2019) "Transnational Feminism in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana". Cornell International Law Journal 52 (1): 1–37. ISSN 0010-8812.
• Unity Dow: First Woman High Court Judge (Botswana). Institute for African Women in Law (2020).
• (July 2020) "One for One and One for All? Human Rights and Transgender Access to Legal Gender Recognition in Botswana". International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law 1 (1). DOI:10.19164/ijgsl.v1i1.993. ISSN 2056-3914.
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• Davis, Geoffrey V. (2014). "12. Breaking the Power of Patriarchy: Unity Dow's Novel The Screaming of the Innocent". In Devy, G. N.; Davis, Geoffrey V.; Chakravarty, K. K. (eds.). Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous. New Delhi, India: Routledge. pp. 225–240. ISBN 978-0-415-71056-5.
• (December 2004) "'It was like singing in the wilderness': An Interview with Unity Dow". Kunapipi 26 (2): 47–60. ISSN 0106-5734.
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• Gagiano, Annie (December 2004). "Getting under the Skin of Power: The Novels of Unity Dow". The English Academy Review 21 (1): 36–50. DOI:10.1080/10131750485310061a. ISSN 1753-5360.Tɛmplet:Subscription required
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• Jenkins, Elwyn (2012). "14 - Memories of Social Transition in Southern Africa: Unity Dow and Kagiso Lesego Molope". Seedlings: English Children's Reading & Writers in South Africa (1st ed.). Pretoria, South Africa: University of South Africa Press. doi:10.25159/878-8. ISBN 978-1-86888-878-8. S2CID 240563120.Tɛmplet:Subscription required
• Kalua, Fetson (June 2010). "Identities in Transition: The 1990 High Court Case and Unity Dow's 'The Heavens May Fall'". Journal of Literary Studies 26 (2): 80–89. DOI:10.1080/02564711003683634. ISSN 0256-4718.
• Lazaroff, Tovah (6 July 2012). "UNHRC Appoints West Bank Settlement Probe". The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem). https://www.jpost.com/diplomacy-and-politics/unhrc-appoints-west-bank-settlement-probe.
• Lederer, Mary S.; Macharia-Mokobi, Elizabeth (2012). "Dow, Unity". In Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates Jr., Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. 2: Brath – Haile. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 248–249. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
• (December 2004) "Postcolonialism in an Anti-colonial State: Unity Dow and Modern Botswana". Kunapipi 26 (2): 34–46. ISSN 0106-5734.
• Lory, Marie (2014). Le Botswana [Botswana] (in French) (Nouvelle édition revue et enrichie ed.). Paris: Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-8111-1134-2.
• Luebering, Joan (8 December 2020). "UC and Botswana School Partner to Teach Children Coding through Games". UC News (Cincinnati, Ohio: University of Cincinnati). https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2020/12/butterflies-zebras-and-squid-fishing.html.
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• Mokwape, Mpho (17 November 2014b). "Govt Ordered to Register Society for Same Sex". Mmegi (Gaborone, Botswana). https://www.mmegi.bw/news/govt-ordered-to-register-society-for-same-sex/news.
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• Morupisi, Carter (20 June 2018). "Seretse, Dow Swap Ministries". Mmegi (Gaborone, Botswana). https://www.mmegi.bw/news/seretse-dow-swap-ministries/news.
• Mosikare, Oarabile (31 October 2014). "Khama Unveils a Cabinet of Convenience?". Mmegi (Gaborone, Botswana). https://www.mmegi.bw/news/khama-unveils-a-cabinet-of-convenience/news.
• Motlhoka, Thobo (3 September 2020). "Sacrificial Dow Takes One for the Team". Sunday Standard (Gaborone, Bostwana). https://www.sundaystandard.info/sacrificial-dow-takes-one-for-the-team/.
• Motsamai, Mmoniemang (28 October 2014). "Meet Specially Elected MPs". Daily News Botswana (Gaborone, Botswana). http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=15458.
• (June 2017) "Orality, Literacy, and the Urban Legend as Represented in the Literary Works of Unity Dow". Nawa: Journal of Language & Communication 11 (1): 68–79. ISSN 1993-3835.Tɛmplet:Subscription required
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• Narloch, Jessica (2012). Ritual Murder and Witchcraft in Southern Africa in Relation to Unity Dow's "The Screaming of the Innocent". Munich, Germany: Examicus Publishing. ISBN 978-3-656-99404-6.
• (February 2018) "Education as a Stepping-Stone to Push Back against the Strictures of Patriarchy and the Scourge of Ritual Murder, An Examination of Unity Dow's The Screaming of the Innocent". International Journal of English and Literature 8 (1): 19–34. DOI:10.24247/ijelfeb20183. ISSN 2249-6912.
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• Piet, Bame (26 February 2015). "Dow Takes over Education, Masisi Leaves". Mmegi (Gaborone, Botswana). https://www.mmegi.bw/news/dow-takes-over-education-masisi-leaves/news.
• (March 1992) "Unity Dow v. Attorney-General of Botswana – One More Relic of a Woman's Servitude Removed". African Journal of International and Comparative Law 4 (1): 195–204. ISSN 0954-8890.
• (March 1993) "Unity Dow v. Attorney-General of Botswana – The Sequel". African Journal of International and Comparative Law 5 (1): 189–207. ISSN 0954-8890.
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• A History: ASIL's Prominent Women in International Law Award, 1993-present. American Society of International Law (18 October 2018).
• Wiegmann, Jens (1 June 2010). "Der letzte Auftritt vor dem Rücktritt galt Afrika" (de). Die Welt (Berlin, Germany). https://www.welt.de/welt_print/politik/article7866261/Der-letzte-Auftritt-vor-dem-Ruecktritt-galt-Afrika.html.
• 2009 UniSA Nelson Mandela Lecture. University of South Australia (16 September 2009).
• 2014 Nominees, Unity Dow. Harvard University (1 March 2014).
• An Oration by The Honourable Justice Unity Dow. New South Wales Bar Association (February 2011).
• Celebrating 100 Years of Women in Law: An Edinburgh Centenary; Honorary Degree – Justice Unity Dow. The University of Edinburgh, School of Law (2010).
• "Human Rights Win the Day". Mmegi (Gaborone, Botswana). 18 March 2016. https://www.mmegi.bw/editorial/human-rights-win-the-day/news.
• Im Land des Bären: Alumnus Ansgar Walk und seine Frau bereisen seit 15 Jahren die Arktis; Aufklärung mit Unterstützung des Häuptlings Alumnus will AIDS in die Wüste schicken (de). Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2008).
• "Justice Dow Receives an Honorary Doctorate". Sunday Standard (Gaborone, Botswana). 17 June 2007. https://www.sundaystandard.info/justice-dow-receives-an-honorary-doctorate/.
• "Khama Re-shuffles Cabinet". Mmegi (Gaborone, Botswana). 28 September 2016. https://www.mmegi.bw/news/khama-re-shuffles-cabinet/news.
• "New Cabinet Sworn in". Mmegi (Gaborone, Botswana). 6 November 2019. https://www.mmegi.bw/news/new-cabinet-sworn-in/news.
• "Prof. Dr. Feride Acar Awarded 'Pro Merito Medal' by Council of Europe". Bianet. Istanbul, Turkey. 28 May 2019. https://m.bianet.org/bianet/gender/208895-prof-dr-feride-acar-awarded-pro-merito-medal-by-council-of-europe.
• Raji Sourani Elected to the Executive Committee of the International Commission of Jurists. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (10 May 2006).
• "Unity Dow Joins Politics: Have We Become a Nation of Politicians?". Sunday Standard (Gaborone, Botswana). 11 March 2012. https://www.sundaystandard.info/unity-dow-joins-politics-have-we-become-a-nation-of-politicians/.
• Unity Dow: Lawyer, Judge, Human-Rights Activist, and Now Columbia Law School Professor. Columbia Law School.
• "Unity Dow Receives Global Achievement Award". Sunday Standard (Gaborone, Botswana). 15 November 2012. https://www.sundaystandard.info/unity-dow-receives-global-achievement-award/.

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