Policy Fragmentation, Women’s Land Rights and Governance in Zimbabwe
ABSTRACT Land policy fragmentation continue to pose a severe challenge to women’s legal protection, awareness and access to land-related information. A feminist policy advocacy perspective reveals that many women continuing to lose their entitlements in both the communal and resettlement areas a...
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ABSTRACT
Land policy fragmentation continue to pose a severe challenge to women’s legal protection, awareness and access to land-related information. A feminist policy advocacy perspective reveals that many women continuing to lose their entitlements in both the communal and resettlement areas and advocate for gender-sensitive policy integration.
Context and background
The above comes in a context where the Malabo Declaration call for equitable access to land and secure land rights for women is coming to an end in 2025. Critical observers argue that in a deeply unequal continent, the much-needed transformation will require much more than mere declarations with the latter’s goals only achieved if implementation matches policy.
Goal and Objectives:
• Assess the extent to which policy fragmentation, lack of coherent coordination among government departments creates barriers for women seeking to assert their rights in land.
Methodology:
A multi-method approach involving qualitative review of literature complemented by primary data collection through interviews. Thematic analysis constituted the main data analysis technique used to analyse the results presented in the paper.
Results:
Many Zimbabwean women in both communal and resettlement continuing to lose their entitlements with policy fragmentation and lack of coherent coordination among government departments creating barriers for women access to information and asserting their rights in land. It only through an integrated comprehensive gender-sensitive land policy framework that these challenges faced by women can be resolved.
Keywords
policy fragmentation, women’s awareness, land rights, national land policy framework, feminist policy analysis.
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| spelling | doaj-art-29d805825e7d4455b2be4c2934ad91542025-02-07T16:06:07ZengEL-AYACHIAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences2657-26642025-01-018110.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v8i1.54611Policy Fragmentation, Women’s Land Rights and Governance in ZimbabweNewman Tekwa0South African Research Chair in Social Policy, University of South Africa ABSTRACT Land policy fragmentation continue to pose a severe challenge to women’s legal protection, awareness and access to land-related information. A feminist policy advocacy perspective reveals that many women continuing to lose their entitlements in both the communal and resettlement areas and advocate for gender-sensitive policy integration. Context and background The above comes in a context where the Malabo Declaration call for equitable access to land and secure land rights for women is coming to an end in 2025. Critical observers argue that in a deeply unequal continent, the much-needed transformation will require much more than mere declarations with the latter’s goals only achieved if implementation matches policy. Goal and Objectives: • Assess the extent to which policy fragmentation, lack of coherent coordination among government departments creates barriers for women seeking to assert their rights in land. Methodology: A multi-method approach involving qualitative review of literature complemented by primary data collection through interviews. Thematic analysis constituted the main data analysis technique used to analyse the results presented in the paper. Results: Many Zimbabwean women in both communal and resettlement continuing to lose their entitlements with policy fragmentation and lack of coherent coordination among government departments creating barriers for women access to information and asserting their rights in land. It only through an integrated comprehensive gender-sensitive land policy framework that these challenges faced by women can be resolved. Keywords policy fragmentation, women’s awareness, land rights, national land policy framework, feminist policy analysis. https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/54611policy fragmentationwomen's awarenessland rightsnational land policy frameworkfeminist policy analysisZimbabwe |
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