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Title: | The impact of load shedding on gender relations in heterosexual households in Mkoba north, Gweru, Zimbabwe: implications for sustainable development | Authors: | Mukoni, Manuku | Keywords: | Load shedding, Gender relations, Practical gender needs, Strategic gender needs Sustainable development |
Issue Date: | 2012 | Publisher: | International Society for Development and Sustainability | Series/Report no.: | International Society for Development and Sustainability;Vol. 1 No. 2; p. 402-416 | Abstract: | This study explored the impact of load shedding on gender relations in heterosexual households. 20 couples were selected through judgmental sampling that was followed by network referencing; bringing the sample to 40 participants. Study was descriptive in nature. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data. Study reveals that load shedding have ripple effects in the social fabric of sustainable development through its impacts on gender relations. Load shedding is proving to be reproducing and maintaining gender relations of inequality, thus holding back sustainable development. Women are deprived control of areas that traditional belongs to them like the decision and control of energy use in the household giving men more power over women. Load shedding is increasing men’s time in the public sphere while women are tied more to the private sphere. For sustainable development to be achieved, household relationships should uphold the principles of sustainable development and gender equality is one of them. Empowerment of women and men in household energy uses will aid in opening up their ‘functioning space’. An understanding and appreciation of gender equality in the household will help men and women to be influential in the larger society leading to sustainable development. | Description: | http://isdsnet.com/ijds-v1n2-26.pdf | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11408/866 | ISSN: | 2186-8662 |
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