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Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis: A Time to Reason Together
A timeless African nugget of wisdom teach that ‘when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.’ This best describes the situation of women in Zimbabwe at the moment due to the ever escalating socio-economic crisis in the country. As Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE), we note with bleeding hearts that it is…
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Petition to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) and the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC).
CC: UN WomenAfrican Union CommissionSADC Gender CommissionMinistry of Justice and Parliamentary AffairsMinistry of DefenceMinistry of Home Affairs SUBJECT: ENDING ATROCITIES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND ENFORCING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR VIOLATIONS. WE, the undersigned organizations; *Concerned* about the abuse of women by security forces that are deployed across the country, *Worried* about the lack of secure, safe and sensitive mechanisms to…
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Why the Women’s Parliamentary Quota System Must be Extended
Section 124 (b) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides for the women Qouta system of 60 seats in Parliament which are given to each political party based on their tally of votes in the House of Assembly elections for each province:“. . . For the life of the first two Parliaments after the effective date, an…
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Joint Press Statement On State Terror after the January 2019 Stay-away: Women Demand Justice
Justice for Women Zimbabwe (JWZ), Female Prisoners Support Trust (FEMPRIST) and Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) note with concern and anguish the gross human rights violations by the Zimbabwe Government and state security agents, particularly the rights of women. During and after the 14-16 January 2019 national shutdown Zimbabwean security forces were…
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WALPE Condemns the Rape and Torture of Women During the 14-16 January 2019 Stay-away
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE), condemns in the strongest terms the rape and torture of women across the country on 14- 16 January 2018 during the national shut down. iTV news, an international credible news agency released a heart rending video of women narrating horror stories of how they were tortured, raped…
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WALPE to push for Sexual Harassment Act (NewsDay January 10 2019)
THE Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) says it will work with other civic society organisations to push for a law on sexual harassment to ensure perpetrators, including offences committed in Parliament, face severe penalty. BY VENERANDA LANGA Walpe director, Sitabile Dewa, yesterday told NewsDay that sexual harassment of female legislators in Parliament,…
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WALPE 2019 Statement
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) welcomes all Zimbabweans and women leaders in particular to the year 2019. We note with concern the deepening economic crisis facing the country and how it adversely impacts women participation in leadership positions. When the family is faced with hunger and difficulties, women often have to be…
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WALPE embarks on women leadership action research.
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE), on 19 December 2018, conducted a women leadership action research in the rural province of Mashonaland Central’s areas of Mazowe, Chiweshe, Chaona and Muzarabani. This is part of the organisation’s countrywide needs assessment and reflection consultative researches with women who want to run for political office during…
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The First Women’s Political School In Zimbabwe is Officially Launched
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) was officially launched in Masvingo on Friday 07 December 2018. WALPE is a women’s political empowerment and leadership academy set up to advance knowledge and deepen the capacity of women who want to successfully run for public elected positions. It seeks to provide women with technical and practical…
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WALPE Statement on 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence.
Women Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) joins millions of Zimbabwean women and girls and the rest of the world in commemorating 16 days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (GBV). This year’s commemorations are being held under the theme: ‘Zero tolerance to sexual harassment in the work place.’ WALPE believes that the work place is…
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