| | Demand for land is one of the crucial issues determining Zimbabwe's strategy for agrarian reform. Four years after independence women's demand for land has been ignored, that current land resettlement models discriminate against women. Policies towards women are limited in scope and reinforce the domestic domain despite their contribution to the liberation struggle. Jacobs discusses patterns amongst the Shona and Ndebele, with the Ndebele more vulnerable to European influences, increasing capitalist agricultural development and using women labour extensively. Jacob's discusses women's status under the law; the Riddell Commission, TTLs (Tribal Trust Lands), squatter's; western aid agencies, European farmers. |
