This article examines the ways in which the colonial heritage and
recent economic and social developments have influenced the roles of
women in Botswana and Zimbabwe. It describes changes that have
improved the lives of women in these countries and the barriers that
women still have to overcome in the legal, educational, economic, and
family spheres.
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