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Official launch of WeCOBs…… i)WALPE launches the Network of Women-Led Community Based Organisations (WeCBOs) The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) launched the Network of Women-Led Community Based Organisations (WeCOBs) on 02 December 2021 at a colourful event in the capital city of Manicaland, Mutare. The launch attracted representatives from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Ministry…
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WALPE Monthly Activity updates.
An aspiring woman leader receiving her certificate after the transformative leadership training. i)WALPE engages Parliament over Sexual Harassment and Unpaid Care and Domestic Work (UCDW). The Women’s Academy For Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) with support from Oxfam convened two breakfast meetings with parliamentarians and presented a model Sexual Harassment Bill to the portfolio committees…
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The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) Policy Brief on Unpaid Care and Domestic Work
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The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) Model Bill on Sexual Harassment presented to the Ninth Parliament
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The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) Gendered Social Services Budget
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Rights groups call for increased women participation in councils
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: “Constitutional Amendment 2 Act gives Zimbabwe…
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Walpe pushes for Sexual Harassment Bill
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 Labour, and the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee…
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Women Still Not Well Represented In Leadership Structures: WALPE
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 WALPE partnered Parliamentary portfolio committee on…
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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 the nation gears for the 2023…
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Mobilise Funds, Go Home, Register To Vote: Exiled Zimbabweans Told
NOBUHLE Ajiti, a Zimbabwean immigrant rights activist based in South Africa has urged Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora to mobilise financial resources and travel to Zimbabwe to register to vote ahead of the 2023 elections. She was speaking during an online discussion last week on the possibilities of the Diaspora vote in Zimbabwe. The discussion was organised…
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