Women, Law and Power : Perspectives from Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme

Makonese, Makanatsa

ISBN 10: 1779223986 / ISBN 13: 9781779223982

Edité par Weaver Pr, 2021

N° de réf. du vendeur 42912536-n

Synopsis :

Without adequate protection and consideration from the state, women were left out of Zimbabwe's Fast Land Reform Programme 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 begin 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 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.

À propos de l'auteur: Makanatsa Makonese is the Deputy Chief of Party for the American Bar Association-Advancing Rights in Southern Africa Programme based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has also worked with United Nations entities in Botswana, Zimbabwe and Uganda in developing national frameworks for the promotion and protection of women and girls' rights and the promotion of gender equality.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Women, Law and Power : Perspectives from ...
Éditeur : Weaver Pr
Date d'édition : 2021
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New