Zimbabwe's 'fast track' land reform: What about women?

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-172

  Goebel, Allison ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LAND REFORM; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 23944448639     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690500094799     Document Type: Article

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