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#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.