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The implications of young women and women with disabilities in Zimbabwe

Source: Walpe

Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) together with Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT) and Mutasa Youth Forum (MYF) on 17 September 2020 launched their collaborative research report titled: “The Implications of Young Women and Women with Disabilities’ Marginalisation in Leadership and Decision-Making Processes: A case of Mutasa District in Manicaland Province.”

The launch marked the apex of the research effort which commenced in July 2020 and reached out to 320 participants in Mutasa District, Manicaland Province. The key findings of the research established that the implications of the marginalisation of young women and women with disabilities is further isolation of them in the socio, economic and political spheres of life. Patriarchy remains the biggest stumbling block to women’s ascendancy to leadership and decision making processes.

Click here to read the full article published by Walpe on 22 Septembre 2020.

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Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) together with Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT) and Mutasa Youth Forum (MYF) on 17 September 2020 launched their collaborative research report titled: “The Implications of Young Women and Women with Disabilities’ Marginalisation in Leadership and Decision-Making Processes: A case of Mutasa District in Manicaland Province.”

The launch marked the apex of the research effort which commenced in July 2020 and reached out to 320 participants in Mutasa District, Manicaland Province. The key findings of the research established that the implications of the marginalisation of young women and women with disabilities is further isolation of them in the socio, economic and political spheres of life. Patriarchy remains the biggest stumbling block to women’s ascendancy to leadership and decision making processes.

Click here to read the full article published by Walpe on 22 Septembre 2020.

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