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As it happened at the IYWD 10th Anniversary & 16 Days Commemoration (Event in Pictures)
IYWD co-celebrated its 10th Anniversary and #16Days Commemoration at Twin Lodges, Bindura on the 29th of November 2019. Participants included young women representatives from Guruve, Shamva, Mazowe and Bindura districts as well as organisational friends and allies from different provinces.
A decade of feminist movement building, activism and authentic solidarity. #SheParticipates
2019 marks IYWD’s 10th anniversary (2009-2019). We are celebrating this important journey of transforming the lives of young women and ensuring that their voice and power are brought to the center of democratic governance in Zimbabwe and beyond!
Ndiro Yakazara “The Rainbow Plate”
Gean Kasukuvere, a young woman from Shamva District, Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe introduced her healthy plate of farm products; “The Rainbow Plate”, locally known as Ndiro Yakazara (which means a plate with everything). The plate has a variety of natural and home grown healthy food products like grains, groundnuts, pumpkin seeds and honey. In this article Gean
EVERYDAY WE SHARE OUR FAVORITE #ADOPTKINDNESS INSTAGRAM PHOTOS
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Never ever think of giving up. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Take all negative words out of your mental dictionary and focus on the solutions with utmost conviction and patience. The battle is never lost until you’ve abandon your vision. But what if you’re really exhausted physically, mentally, and most of all emotionally?
IYWD drives a petition for robust affirmative action for young women’s participation and representation at Local Government level
In a bid to enhance young women’s political participation in line with Zimbabwe’s constitution and regional and international commitments Zimbabwe has signed up to young women from different provinces of Zimbabwe have consensually called for robust quota systems as a means to gender equality. Section 124 (b) of Zimbabwe’s constitution provides a Proportional Representation quota
#VoteRunLead Campaign: Experiences of young women candidates in the Zimbabwe 2018 Election.
The road to 2018 Elections was unforgettable for young women who contested to be Councillors, Members of Parliament and Senators in different constituencies and provinces of Zimbabwe. This is what our 2018 #VoteRunLead Alumni had to say about their political journeys:
The power of global movement building: My key reflections within the World Movement for Democracy
Written by Glanis Changachirere Introduction: There is an old adage that suggests ‘young people are leaders of the future and not the present’. I have always contested that and continue to argue that young people are leaders of both the present and the future. The notion that young people should retain ‘only’ the right to
5 years advocacy finally bears fruit: Young women influence Council to build public toilets at bus rank
Young women advocacy for gender responsive social service delivery has yielded success in Guruve District of Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe where the Guruve Rural District Council (GRDC) has finally taken action to address the rank public toilet issue that has been topical for the last 5 years. People’s lives where endangered at the rank
My life, my inspiration, my struggle-The narrative of a marginalised young woman
Usually when we talk about the stories of marginalised women and girls in marginalised communities of Africa the narratives include those who are perceived as nonentities, the undermined, disadvantaged, oppressed, silenced, unrecognized, disrespected and minorities. The broader thinking is that those young women are ‘them’ and not ‘us’. For me that is not the case.