Public Consultations on Sexual Harassment and the Law. CLICK HERE to view document https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H3z9_ocQEDJk0nSUO4Q3G0dhyrFgQ2_N/view?usp=sharing
i) Masks Distribution in Harare under the 2.2 million Votes For Women From Women election campaign. In the month of August 2021, the WALPE programmes officers took to the streets of Harare and distributed 1 000 washable and branded masks under the 2.2 million Votes For Women From...
Aspiring women leaders from Chiredzi displaying their products… i) Virtual Transformative Feminist Leadership training for aspiring women leaders in Seke Chitungwiza. The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) between 13-16 July 2021, successfully conducted virtual Transformative Feminist Leadership trainings for 100 aspiring women leaders from Seke, Chitungwiza...
Part of ZICC hearing hearings… The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) with support from Oxfam Zimbabwe monitored the public hearings on the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Bill and had 200 of its members- Women Leadership Networks (WALANs) attending in all the ten provinces between 07 and...
Parliament conducts public consultations on the Sexual Harassment and the law. “I have witnessed women being sexually harassed at public places such as at bus terminus by men and nothing was done so the government should ensure that the sexual harassment Act also protect women at such places!” lamented...
The Zimbabwe delegation poses for a photo with the Rwanda Women Parliamentarian Forum.. The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) and Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) with support from the Netherlands Embassy organized and facilitated a study visit on gender equality to Rwanda which was...
In a country where crimes like stock theft have mandatory minimum sentences, there has been a huge outcry over rape, a crime which has destroyed many people’s lives and is yet to have a mandatory sentence. WALPE with support from Oxfam Zimbabwe has taken up the task to run...
i)Men in Hwedza support gender equality and electoral reforms. The Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) in partnership with WLSA with support from the Netherlands Embassy facilitated male engagement sessions for gender equality and electoral reforms in Wedza on the 30th and 31st of March 2021. The public discussion...
The advent of Covid-19 has definitely changed the status quo, the upsurge of the virus’ infections and deaths has forced the government to impose a lockdown in a bid to control the spread of the virus.
Zimbabwe ushered in the year 2021 with a sharp upsurge in cases of COVID19 infections. This forced the Government to put the country under lockdown in a niche to control the spread of the virus. To date, (05-02-2021) 34 331 cases of COVID19 have been recorded in the country.