Women and State Violence in Zimbabwe, 2000–2008

Abstract

This chapter examines the challenges that were faced by women as a result of the economic and political crisis that engulfed Zimbabwe from 2000–2008. The conflict spared no one but heavily affected supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Women in Zimbabwe were victims of political violence engineered by the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) in order to win the 2000 and 2005 parliamentary elections and the 2002 and 2008 Presidential elections.