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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

#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:

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.