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Women and land resettlement in Zimbabwe

Year: 1983

Type: article

Abstract: Peasant demand for land is one of the crucial issues determining Zimbabwe's strategy for agrarian transformation. Yet women's demand for land has been ignored. Susie Jacobs traces the development of gender divisions in pre‐independence Zimbabwe and argues that current land resettlement models discriminate against women. Policies towards women are limited in scope and reinforce the domestic domain despite women's contribution to Zimbabwe's struggle. If a socialist strategy does not confront gender hierarchy, women's struggles will have to take on a new form.

Source: Review of African Political Economy

DOI: 10.1080/03056248308703545

Author: Susie Jacobs

Institution: University of Leeds

Language: English

Topic: African studies and sociopolitical issues

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2007879580