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Title: | AIDS in Zimbabwe: Crisis in Rural Development |
Author: | Sibanda, Ezilyn |
Year: | 1998 |
Periodical: | SAFERE: Southern African Feminist Review (ISSN 1024-9451) |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 33-42 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | rural development AIDS Health, Nutrition, and Medicine agriculture Labor and Employment Cultural Roles Medicine, Nutrition, Public Health AIDS (Disease) rural-urban migration cultural change |
Abstract: | This article examines the spread of AIDS to rural areas in Zimbabwe and its consequences for rural development by analysing economic developments in the colonial period, in particular changes in the division of labour within the family as a result of the migration of men into towns. Women were left behind without access to resources and they remained dependent on their husbands for cash. In town, men began to look for other partners and hence illegitimate polygamous unions abounded. These trilateral relationships were a fertile ground for sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS. Although it is widely acknowledged that women are the main crop producers in rural areas, extension workers continue to focus on men and resources are not made available to women. With the spread of HIV to rural women, rural development is seriously threatened. Bibliogr. |