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Friday, February 28, 2020
Zimbabwe: Call to prioritize women's participation in local government
All Africa
Government is working on ensuring greater participation of women at local government level. This comes after the representation of women in local government declined from 16 percent to 15 percent. Out of 6 800 candidates who contested in elections...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Goodluck Kwaramba
Goodluck Kwaramba is Member of Parliament of Zimbabwe. This interview was conducted in March 2019 in the margins of the CSW63 in New York.
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
Multimedia
Women's experiences during the 2018 general elections in Zimbabwe
Documentary with testimonies of women candidates, citizens, and other actors about their experiences in the 2018 election in Zimbabwe produced by The Zimbabwe Gender Commission . The Zimbabwe Gender Commission aims to promote and protect gender...
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Thursday, December 27, 2018
Zimbabwe’s first school of politics opened
News Day
ZIMBABWE’S first ever women’s political leadership school was on Friday launched in Masvingo under the name, Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe). Walpe, according to its director Sitabile Dewa, is “a women’s political...
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Friday, November 30, 2018
Ending impunity for violence against women in elections in Zimbabwe
IFES
By Cait Davin, Earlier this year, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) research in Zimbabwe found that women engaging in elections as candidates, voters and journalists were experiencing devastating sexual extortion, physical...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Youngest woman in zimbabwe’s parliament works to boost youths’ civic engagement
Global Press Journal
Barely more than one-third of the members of Zimbabwe’s Parliament are women, and the average age of past election candidates has been over 50. That’s part of what makes Joanah Mamombe, the 25-year-old woman who represents Harare West, exceptional...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Zimbabwe: Politics no easy road for women
Southern Times Africa
The just-ended harmonised elections in Zimbabwe have revealed that very few women triumphed in their quest to represent the people in both the National Assembly and in local authorities. Ironically, women have a numerically advantage over their male...
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Friday, July 27, 2018
4 women take on 18 men in Zimbabwe's presidential election
VOA Zimbabwe
A breast cancer survivor and trade unionist, a liberation war icon, an author and entrepreneur and a fashion designer are four women who have already made history by contesting Zimbabwe’s presidential elections, a first for women. They are also on...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Case Study
Violence against women in elections in Zimbabwe: An IFES assessment
IFES
In July 30, Zimbabwean citizens head to the polls for general elections. Candidates are competing for the presidency and seats in the National Assembly, Senate, Provincial Councils, and urban and rural authorities. Former President Robert Mugabe...
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Zimbabwe: Parties undermining women's quota system
All Africa
There is a real risk by political parties to undermine the spirit behind the women's quota system which is provided for in the Constitution aimed at empowering women by reserving 60 National Assembly seats for them. Mr Speaker Sir, an observation on...
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Friday, July 13, 2018
Women the biggest losers in Zimbabwe election
Mail Guardian
The resignation of Robert Mugabe in November last year has brought a glimmer of hope for credible elections in Zimbabwe on July 30 after the many miscarriages of justice in the past three elections. But, despite a great deal of advocacy and a much-...
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Monday, July 02, 2018
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
In Zimbabwe, the enduring fear of single women
NY Times
By Panashe Chigumadzi When Zimbabwe holds general elections on July 30, its first after the ouster of Robert Mugabe in November, only four of the 23 presidential candidates will be women. The opposition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa is marred by...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Zimbabwe's female politicians pin hopes on polls
The Guardian
In July’s crucial election – the first since the fall of Mugabe – women hope to deliver a decisive blow against sexism. Women in Zimbabwe are hoping for a political breakthrough in the forthcoming elections, despite a “hostile atmosphere” and “...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Zimbabwe: Commission slams attacks on women politicians
The Herald Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) yesterday expressed concern over attacks on female politicians in the country, which has manifested in many forms, including psychological violence. A case in point being the attempted murder of MDC-T president...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Zimbabwe: Women bear brunt of violence in politics
Newsday
Former MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe in February spent most of Morgan Tsvangirai’s funeral holed up in a hut, fearing for her life, as party youths threatened her with violence. That same month, Zanu PF’s Zalerah Makari, the Epworth...
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Monday, May 21, 2018
The struggle of African women in politics continues
Southern Times Africa
Most African countries are signatories of numerous protocols that encourage gender equality in politics, yet analysts say more still needs to be done to implement these protocols and ensure women are not sidelined. Women in the region and beyond are...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
In Zimbabwe women still stay away from politics due to negative media reports
New Zimbabwe
Media’s negative projection of women politicians is discouraging others from joining the male dominated field, the Zimbabwe Gender Commission has observed. In her opening remarks to a media sensitization workshop Zimbabwe Gender Commission...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Interviews
Monica Mutsvangwa
Monica Mutsvangwa is a Senator in Zimbabwe and Chair of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus.
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