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Download or read book Women Land Rights and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe written by Caroline Arisunta and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The HIV and AIDS pandemic has not spared rural communities in Zimbabwe. HIV and AIDS is believed to have negative implications on land tenure security for women in Southern Africa. Policy makers and gender activists have raised numerous concerns regarding the vulnerability of women and children and particularly widows and orphans, to loss or erosion of land rights as a direct consequence of AIDS. The aim of this article, therefore, to explore women's access to land under the customary tenure system through systematic review. It examines how the changes in land tenure, access and rights to land as a consequence of HIV/AIDS are affecting agricultural productivity, food security and poverty, with a specific focus on women who have lost their husbands to HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. The article concludes by calling upon the government and civil societies to undergo a paradigm shift of policies and practices that will see patriarchy diluted and therefore lay bare the path to women's empowerment. This paper uses a systematic review of literature from journals, books, and government and United Nations publications to raise debates and discourses on issues pertaining to women's land rights and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe and other developing countries.