Intra-Household Relations Re-Configured: A Case of Women Traders
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Takunda John Chirau, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Zimbabwe has gone through a crisis which has left no stone unturned either social, economic and political. To date most households are failing to grapple with the effects of the crisis. This short paper examines how intra-household relations have been reconfigured due to the Zimbabwean crisis. Data collected revealed that women participation in the informal sector had improved their household decision making compared to the previous years. The study demonstrated that due to women involvement in the informal sector household status quo of men has been threatened and challenged. These findings were projected through in-depth interviews. Theoretically, the study is informed by the unitary and collective model.
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