Day: December 13, 2023

WAG Ends 4-month Campaign Marking 40 Years Of Championing Women’s Rights

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The Women Action Group (WAG), an organization championing the rights of women and adolescents has ended its four-month campaign amidst calls by a cabinet minister to continue the fight against gender-based violence, while at the same time rallying for sexual reproductive health rights to mitigate child marriages and teenage marriages. Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa  in a speech read on her behalf by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr Mavis Sibanda said these ills against women, young women and adolescent girls…

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Over 2000 Sexual Violence Criminal Acts Recorded In Zimbabwe In The Past Three Months

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Crimes of a sexual nature, coupled with the increased occurrence of intimate partner violence and gender-based violence (GBV) continue to dominate Zimbabwe’s Crime data, official statistics have shown. Data gathered by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) shows that rape is still a major crime in Zimbabwe, with men constituting the largest number of perpetrators. According to the Zimstat data relating to Crimes and Prison admissions for the Third Quarter of 2023, the national crime rate was 1,201.8 crimes per 100,000 people in the third quarter, an…

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Harare Declaration For African Women Who Use Drugs Launched

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa In a move that is to end discrimination, as well as promote harm reduction interventions for African women who use drugs, women who use drugs recently read out content to the Harare Declaration by and for African Women who Use Drugs at the 22nd edition of the ICASA conference. Despite the growing adoption of policies and  mechanisms to protect women on the continent, Sub-Saharan African women who use drugs continue to experience inequality, violence, stigma, high exposure to HIV and discrimination from all sections of society. Even…

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