About 200 members of the activist group Women of Zimbabwe Arise demonstrated Monday outside the South African Embassy in Harare to make the point that civic groups should be involved in talks between the ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for democratic Change that Pretoria is media
Women constitute 52 percent of Zimbabwe's population, but are not fully represented in politics. Now a group of female politicians plans to change that.
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"Women in Zimbabwe are demanding respect and protection for their own human rights and the rights of members of their communities - often in the face of severe repression, including arbitrary arrest and torture," said Amnesty's secretary-general Irene Khan in a foreword to the 42-page report.
A Zimbabwean woman, Ms Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda (40, landed a top post with the World Young Women's Christian Association at a recent meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, after she was elected secretary general of the organisation.
The women parliamentary caucus will this week undergo training in Masvingo that would enable them to tackle various gender-related issues in Parliament.
Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development Cde Oppah Muchinguri last week said Government had embarked on a massive project to empower and promote women for sustainable development through self-help projects.
The interim report found that "WOZA members have suffered extreme abuse perpetrated by state actors", with 75 percent subjected to humiliating and degrading treatment, 50 percent suffering assaults and psychological torture, and 40 percent subjected to physical torture.
Movement for Democratic Change faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai met Friday with more provincial officials ahead of a critical meeting of his national executive council Saturday in Harare aimed at resolving bitter feuding around its women's wing.
The battle for the control of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Women' s Assembly has exposed several issues which key stakeholders have to note.