Patriarchy, women, land and livelihoods on A1 farms in Zimbabwe

Chiweshe, Manase K; Chakona, Loveness; Helliker, Kirk D

Title: Patriarchy, women, land and livelihoods on A1 farms in Zimbabwe
Creator: Chiweshe, Manase K
Creator: Chakona, Loveness
Creator: Helliker, Kirk D
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71204
Identifier: vital:29812
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909614541083
Description: In this article, we focus on patriarchy, women, land and livelihoods on A1 farms in Zimbabwe which arose from the fast track land reform programme. There is now significant literature on A1 farms in Zimbabwe. These studies include a number of ethnographic and comparative studies but this literature does not give sustained attention to patriarchy and women. In addition, though, a small number of works have appeared based upon a more focused gender analysis. We draw upon this more focused literature and offer fresh fieldwork evidence based on recent studies undertaken by two of the authors, in Goromonzi and Mazowe districts. At times, radical socio-spatial reorganisation such as fast track may destabilise systems of patriarchy. In the case of fast track, there has been a reconfiguration of relations between men and women yet this is uneven and contradictory and remains within the confines of patriarchal structures, practices and discourses. At the same time, women have manoeuvred and negotiated at local levels to enhance their lives and livelihoods.
Format: 15 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal of Asian and African studies
Relation: Chiweshe, M.K., Chakona, L. and Helliker, K., 2015. Patriarchy, women, land and livelihoods on A1 farms in Zimbabwe. Journal of Asian and African studies, 50(6), pp.716-731.
Relation: Journal of Asian and African studies volume 50 number 6 716 731 December 2015 1745-2538
Rights: Journal of Asian and African studies
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