‘Men on Transit’ and the Rural ‘Farmer Housewives’: Women in Decision-making Roles in Migrant-labour Societies in North-Western Zimbabwe

Vusilizwe Thebe · 2018 · Journal of Asian and African Studies

Summary. Research in north-western Zimbabwe challenges the narrative that migration harms women left behind. The study finds that male migration actually increased women's decision-making power in households and communities. Women took on prominent roles in household and societal governance, experiencing empowerment rather than marginalization. The findings highlight how migration can drive development and caution against generalizing migration's effects across different rural contexts.

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  title   = {‘Men on Transit’ and the Rural ‘Farmer Housewives’: Women in Decision-making Roles in Migrant-labour Societies in North-Western Zimbabwe},
  author  = {Vusilizwe Thebe},
  journal = {Journal of Asian and African Studies},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1177/0021909618773781},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909618773781}
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DOI

10.1177/0021909618773781

Countries

Zimbabwe

Regions

Africa

Categories

policy, rural-data-and-definitions

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2026-04-28