- Title
- Single women's land ownership arrangements and land utilisation: Hopewell Farm in Zimbabwe
- Creator
- Samati, Rugare
- Subject
- Women and land use planning -- Zimbabwe -- Chegutu Women farmers -- Zimbabwe -- Chegutu
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21141
- Identifier
- vital:29450
- Description
- This study investigates the land ownership patterns of Hopewell Farm in Chegutu, Zimbabwe. The ownership patterns demonstrate an unequal distribution of land that places women, particularly single women, at a disadvantage when compared to land ownership by their male counterparts. Land distribution patterns, ownership and control of resources, do not accurately reflect the investment that is made into the land through farming activities carried out by women. It is, therefore, questionable, as to whether women are being granted the opportunity to own land or being provided with adequate information needed to successfully facilitate land acquisition. For the purposes of answering this question, rich, qualitative data was collected by means of focus groups and in-depth interviews with community members in Hopewell Farm. The study found that most single women do not own land in Hopewell Farm; out of a total of 114 farms, only eighteen are owned by women and fourteen of these women inherited the land from their late spouses. This ownership pattern is a consequence of low levels of knowledge amongst women about land acquisition, patriarchal structures that inhibit their development, as well as weak policy formulation and implementation by the state. Based on these findings, the study recommends special attention be paid to single women through the establishment of a lands office that specifically caters for the facilitation of land allocation to women. This would ensure that single women start to utilise a greater portion of the forty percent land allocation lobbied for women by the Women Land and Lobby Group (WLLG). It is also important to implement awareness programs that allow women to share their views around issues of land ownership and control. Thus, the research concludes, that the unequal land distribution that remains in favour of men in Hopewell Farm, must be addressed and treated as a matter of urgency.
- Format
- viii, 60 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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