17 Table 4 Comparison of violations against Rural and Urban women Source: Human Rights Forum [“Forum data”] Arson Assault Attempted murder Death threats Displacement Disappearance Interference with freedoms Kidnapping Murder Rape Political intimidation Political discrimination Political victimization Property destruction Torture Theft Unlawful detention Unlawful arrest Rural [n=291] 0 137[47%] 1[0.3%] 1[0.3%] 51[18%]* 1[0.3%] 27[9%]* 2[0.7%] 0 10[4%]** 83[29%]* 77[27%]* 83[29%]* 25[9%]* 20[7%]** 0 107[37%] 94[32%] Urban [n=157] 0 96[61%]* 2[1%] 5[3%] 6[4%] 1[0.6%] 1[0.6%] 3[2%] 0 0 25[16%] 20[13%] 20[13%] 3[2%] 4[3%] 0 75[48%]** 35[23%]** *p=0.005; **p-0.05 On further analysis, this difference between the rural and urban women turned out to be whether or not the rural women came from a Mashonaland Province. The Mashonaland Provinces were more likely to report violations throughout the time period, except for during 2002, the year of the Presidential Election.50 It was also a strong finding that Zanu(PF) supporters were more likely to commit human rights abuses than any other group, but, in the Mashonaland Provinces, Zanu(PF) youth and war veterans [ZNLWVA] were more frequently mentioned.51 Assaults were shown to be the most popular form of abuse to take place in both Mashonaland and the other provinces, but most other violations were more frequently reported in the Mashonaland Provinces Legal Cases 50 51 See Table 11, Appendix 1. See table 12, Appendix 1. “A Woman’s Place is in the Home ?” – Gender Based Violence and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe.