LEADER 04954nam 2200745 450 001 9910460971203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a2-86978-670-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000515317 035 $a(EBL)4397430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001599896 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16307002 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001599896 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14892430 035 $a(PQKB)11781377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4397430 035 $a(OCoLC)933515912 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4397430 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11248444 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL869740 035 $a(PPN)193664054 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000515317 100 $a20160904h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGender, politics and land use in Zimbabwe, 1980-2012 /$fOnias Mafa [and four others] 210 1$aDakar, Senegal :$cCodesria,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 0 $aCODESRIA book series Gender, politics and land use in Zimbabwe, 1980-2012 300 $a"This book is a product of CODESRIA Comparative Research Network." 311 $a2-86978-590-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1. Background to the study -- 2. Research methodology -- 3. The historical context of land in Zimbabwe -- 4. Land reform programme -- 5. Gender and land politics in Zimbabwe -- 6. Presentation, discussion and interpretation of findings. 330 $aThe agrarian reform dynamics in southern Africa have to be understood within the framework of colonial land policies and legislation that were designed essentially to expropriate land and natural resource property rights from the indigenous people in favour of the white settlers. Colonial land policies institutionalised racial inequity with regard to land although conditions are not homogeneous there are broad themes that cut across the southern Africa region. Colonialism dispossessed and impoverished the people by taking away the most productive lands. Neoliberal globalization has undermined the people's well-being through direct influences on agriculture and rural economies in conjunction with policies promoted by national governments and international agencies. Another shared feature is to be found in the high rates of unemployment, poor returns to small-scale agriculture, lack of access to social services such as health and education all of which serve to erode existing livelihood activities and perpetuate relative and absolute poverty in rural areas. This comparative study on Zimbabwe's agrarian reforms may provide countries such as South Africa and Namibia with valuable lessons, as they attempt their own land reforms. Conflicts between colonialists and the indigenous people in the then Rhodesia centred mainly on the land question. This inequitable distribution of land resulted in Africans waging liberation struggles in order to reclaim their land from the colonialists. In most post-colonial countries, calls have been made for land redistribution as a way of redressing colonial injustices in land tenure systems. The process of reclamation of land and redistributing it to the indigenous people is fraught with problems and has resulted in the present-day land crisis in many parts of Africa and other continents. These are some of the issues this book examines, attempts to understand and explain from a gender perspective. Gender relations are viewed in terms of land use and ownership in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe. These socially constructed roles have been found to be unequal in terms of power and decision making. It is argued that lessening of social inequalities between men and women reduces poverty, raises farm efficiency and improves natural resource management. The book emphasises that once women are empowered, the quality of life of their households improves. 606 $aLand reform$zZimbabwe 606 $aWomen landowners$zZimbabwe 606 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zZimbabwe 606 $aSex discrimination against women$zZimbabwe 606 $aWomen and land use planning$zZimbabwe 606 $aWomen's rights$zZimbabwe 606 $aLand tenure$zZimbabwe 606 $aLand use$zZimbabwe 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLand reform 615 0$aWomen landowners 615 0$aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aSex discrimination against women 615 0$aWomen and land use planning 615 0$aWomen's rights 615 0$aLand tenure 615 0$aLand use 676 $a361.6 702 $aMafa$b Onias 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460971203321 996 $aGender, politics and land use in Zimbabwe, 1980-2012$92458146 997 $aUNINA