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The aim of this viewpoint is to show how state policy has shaped the everyday environment in two South African communities, rural Masemola and urban Phola, and how women in particular have responded to the challenge of development. A case is made for gender sensitivity in policy‐making.
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Department of Geography, University of Pretoria.
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference on Gender, the State and Environmental Change held at the University of Ghana, Accra, 11–15 December 1995. The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau, the Faculty of Science at the University of Pretoria and the conference organisers, which made her participation possible.