“Here it is our land, the two of us”:¹

A woman farmer in Sengezi resettlement area, commenting on the difference in her relationship to land in her former home in a Communal Area as compared to her current home in a resettlement area.

women, men and land in a Zimbabwean resettlement area

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A woman farmer in Sengezi resettlement area, commenting on the difference in her relationship to land in her former home in a Communal Area as compared to her current home in a resettlement area.

This paper is based on fieldwork undertaken during 1995–7 in Sengezi resettlement area, Wedza district, Zimbabwe. A qualitative approach to research was taken using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) workshops, interview schedules, key informant interviews with local officials and leaders, documentary research and newspaper analysis.