“As a woman of Zimbabwe, I personally wanted a Constitution that is fit for me,” said Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development and Member of Parliament, Jessie Majome, who participated in Zimbabwe’s Constitution-making process as part of the Select Committ
The Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development says it will use the constitution to make sure that there are more women in decision-making positions in private and
HARARE South legislator Cde Hurbert Nyanhongo yesterday said Zanu-PF would continue to recognise the pivotal role played by women in n
“I do not think that the constitution will improve or encourage women to participate in politics. In terms of the population we are more than men. Women are the ones who are voting men into power. We have women who are in Parliament who managed to beat their male counterparts [in elections].
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Last week women from different political parties met in Harare to, among other things, discuss women's participation in the forth-coming referendum and elections.
The Minister of Finance spoke at the national launch of the Gender Budgeting and Women's Empowerment Programme in Zimbabwe and said that gender budgeting is a key element for mainstreaming gender equality into government policies.
The Zanu-PF Women's League is pushing for the establishment of a women's youth league to champion issues of the young women and help recruit them into the party.
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