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Community Voices Zimbabwe (CVZ) a community organisation based in Kwekwe recently held a constitutional sensitisation meeting in Zhombe. The meetings were aimed at educating women on laws that promote the
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‘I used to be afraid of expressing myself due to fear of judgement. So let me remind you too that your voice matters and it is powerful. What you have to offer the world is needed. You are the missing piece of the puzzle.’
“It hurts. It begins as a tightness, a feeling of pulling in my abdomen, and then rapidly becomes more intense, sharp pulses of painful cramps. I grit my teeth, shift my position and try to breathe deeply. At the moment, there’s nothing else I can do. I’ve already taken my twice-daily dose of anti-inflammatory drugs.”
ZRDC has its work cut out for it; it caters for a rural populace where women and girls have for generations been subjected to abuse as they look for alternate energy sources. They go for miles looking for water and especially firewood. With the advent of illegal mining in the Midlands province where ZRDC is located, cases of sexual abuse of women as they search for firewood has increased. Biogas’ clean cooking energy will replace the arduous task of gathering firewood and provide a safer and more sustainable alternative.
“It is disheartening that over the last three years we have observed that sexual harassment remains one of the bottlenecks towards achieving ultimate real freedom for female journalists.”
In the shadows of the closed mines, modern versions of the gold workers are rising and wreaking havoc on local communities.