WOMEN groups yesterday said there was urgent need for local authorities to reserve at least 30% of positions to women. The call comes at a time when female representation in local authorities has continued to drop since 2008. Women in Politics Support Unit executive director Sakhile Sifelani Ngoma said:...
PARLIAMENT has been urged to craft a law on sexual harassment to ensure stiff penalties on perpetrators to effectively deal with the vice. This came out last week during a meeting involving the Women’s Academy for Learning and Political Excellence (Walpe), the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Service and...
DESPITE several initiatives being formulated in parliament, local authorities and cabinet, women are still poorly represented in almost all sectors of the economy, according to Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) executive director Sitabile Dewa. Dewa was speaking at a breakfast meeting last Friday in Harare where...
Some of the trained aspiring women leaders from Masvingo posing with their certificates of completion.. i)WALPE and ERC launch 2023 Diaspora Election Campaign ZIMBABWEANS in the Diaspora have been urged to unite and use their economic influence back home to encourage their relatives to participate in electoral processes as...