Women, law and power : perspectives from Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme / Makanatsa Makonese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makonese, Makanatsa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Zimbabwe.

Land tenure.

Women's rights--Zimbabwe.

Women's rights.

Women farmers--Zimbabwe.

Women farmers.

Women--Zimbabwe--Economic conditions.

Women.

Land reform--Zimbabwe.

Land reform.

Zimbabwe.

Physical Description:

xv, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Women, law & power

Place of Publication:

Harare, Zimbabwe : Weaver Press : Southern & Eastern African Regional Centre for Women's Law (SEARCWL), 2021.

Summary:

Without adequate protection and consideration from the state, women were left out of Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) at the turn of the century. Leaving them to fight for land in a murky, convoluted system will not address women's rights to it. Giving specific ethical and legal attention to women's rights and needs is the only way to guard against land and other resources being co-opted by the privileged and those with the requisite social, financial and political capital. Some commentators have argued that Zimbabwean women were better off identifying with Zimbabwean men as blacks in taking land from the former white farmers than to concentrate on their needs as women during the FTLRP. The primary battle was to take the land from the white farmer, after which a secondary battle by women to take land from men would ensue. Twenty years after the commencement of the FTLRP, the question remains whether the secondary battle by black women to take over land from black men has started and whether there are any chances that such a battle will ever be fought and won

Contents:

Introduction

Zimbabwe's Land Policy, Law and Institutional Framework: From Colonialism to 2020

Women's Land Rights as a Human Right

Impact of Violence on Women's Rights to Access Land under the Fast Track Land Reform Programme

Power and Law at Family, Local and National Levels

Women, Power and Decision-Making for Access to and Control over Land

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781779223982

1779223986

OCLC:

1255462306