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Women’s Land Rights in Zimbabwe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Rudo Gaidzanwa
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This paper focuses on the issue of human rights with respect to women’s land rights in Zimbabwe. The concept of human rights is particularly pertinent because of the debates on land reform and the activities of the land Commission exploring possibilities for the reform of land use in Zimbabwe.

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African Issues , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , Summer 1994, pp. 12 - 16
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1994 

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