Search

Searching with a thematic focus on Food security, Gender in Zimbabwe

Showing 1-4 of 4 results

• Document

  Food insecurity in Zimbabwean households: is gender a factor?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  Some researchers studying household food insecurity only survey the head of a household. They do not ask other household members, including children, about their experiences of food insecurity. Could this approach be overlooking important differences in food security within households, for example between girls and boys?
• Document

  Human rights, formalisation and women’s land rights in southern and eastern Africa

  Institute of Women's Law, University of Oslo, 2005

  Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This report sets out a human rights-based approach (HRBA) for gender-equal and non-discriminatory land reform.
• Document

  Impacts of agricultural research on poverty: findings of an integrated economic and social analysis

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR research project including seven case studies of different types of agricultural research:
• Document

  Family Influences on Zimbabwean Women’ s Reproductive Decisions and their Participation in the Wider Society

  Family Health International, 1999

  Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young mothers to engage in activity outside the domestic sphere.