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The marginalization of women in all aspects of development had characterized the development landscape for a long time and this is not sustainable. Women had been on the fringes of development for a long time even though they command a very large number in population. For example in Zimbabwe they constitute 52% of the national population.
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Chigwenya, A., Ndhlovu, P. (2016). Women, Land Use, Property Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe. In: Etim, J. (eds) Introduction to Gender Studies in Eastern and Southern Africa. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-558-6_12
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