The Dynamics of a Racialized, Gendered, Ethnicized, and Economically Stratified Society: Understanding the Socio-Economic Status of Women in Zimbabwe

Otrude Moyo and Saliwe Kawewe

Feminist Economics, 2002, vol. 8, issue 2, 163-181

Abstract: Feminist literature attempting to understand the status of women in Zimbabwe has seldom considered patterns of social exclusion and the dynamics of a racialized society that institutionalized racial supremacy as an ideology for organizing social life. Even now, too often we believe, feminist theorists analyze the status of women with the assumption that patriarchy is the single source of the oppression of women. Using the notion of a racialized society we account for the workings of gender oppression within the historical context of Zimbabwe. We show how in a racialized society, gender, race, ethnicity, and class operate intricately together to relegate African women to the lowest socio-economic status. Even with policies to redress earlier imbalances, women endure all forms of injustices. We focus on the informal sector as illustrative of one sector where these injustices continue.

Keywords: Racialized Society; Social Exclusion; Gendered; Socio-ECONOMIC Status; Zimbabwean Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1080/13545700220000175

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