Fungai Masuku (not a real name) is still haunted by the events of the election re-run campaign of March 2008. The memories of that bloody plebiscite, which ended in a controversial stalemate between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, still send chills down the 31-year-old's spine. "Does an election always have to be violent? Perhaps if there were more women involved in politics, it would have been better. Women are more humane," she says. "We hate violence".
Speaking at a plenary session of the international conference on economic and political empowerment and peace buidling in Harare last week, a gender activist Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu noted that many countries have increased women's participation in decision-making positions through implementation of the quota system.
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Fungai Masuku (not a real name) is still haunted by the events of the election re-run campaign of March 2008. The memories of that bloody plebiscite, which ended in a controversial stalemate between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, still send chills down the 31-year-old's spine. "Does an election always have to be violent? Perhaps if there were more women involved in politics, it would have been better. Women are more humane," she says. "We hate violence".
Speaking at a plenary session of the international conference on economic and political empowerment and peace buidling in Harare last week, a gender activist Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu noted that many countries have increased women's participation in decision-making positions through implementation of the quota system.
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