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Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
The objectives of the study are to explore how women assess their situation in Matabeleland South with regard to their socio-economic realities; to find out the individual and community circumstances that these rural women in the drought prone region find themselves in; to explore the most important...
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| author | Ndhlovu, Gretchen Nokukhanya |
| author2 | O’Brien, Connie |
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| description | The objectives of the study are to explore how women assess their situation in Matabeleland South with regard to their socio-economic realities; to find out the individual and community circumstances that these rural women in the drought prone region find themselves in; to explore the most important development challenges in relation to the impacts of climate change, access to water, food insecurity, poverty, education and health facilities; to examine the survival strategies that rural women adopt in the present situation and to ascertain the recommendations they make to the government and Non Governmental Organisations to improve their situation. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11253 Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe Ndhlovu, Gretchen Nokukhanya O’Brien, Connie Social Development The objectives of the study are to explore how women assess their situation in Matabeleland South with regard to their socio-economic realities; to find out the individual and community circumstances that these rural women in the drought prone region find themselves in; to explore the most important development challenges in relation to the impacts of climate change, access to water, food insecurity, poverty, education and health facilities; to examine the survival strategies that rural women adopt in the present situation and to ascertain the recommendations they make to the government and Non Governmental Organisations to improve their situation. 2015-01-04T14:26:11Z 2015-01-04T14:26:11Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11253 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Social Development Ndhlovu, Gretchen Nokukhanya Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Exploring the development challenges facing rural women in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | exploring the development challenges facing rural women in matabeleland south zimbabwe |
| topic | Social Development |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11253 |
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