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02MarRead MoreWALPE, WLSA and Imba Mukadzi submit petition to Parliament calling for the full implementation of outstanding electoral reforms.
Hundreds of aspiring women leaders drawn from all the country’s ten provinces on Friday, 28 February 2020 gathered in Harare and petitioned the Parliament of Zimbabwe to implement outstanding electoral reforms that affect women’s full participation in electoral processes. The women leaders marched in the city centre waving placards...
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17FebRead MoreAspiring women leaders reject Constitutional amendment bill number 2.
1 000 aspiring women leaders who are members of WALPE submitted 1 000 letters to Parliament on Thursday, 20 February 2020 rejecting the proposed constitutional amendment bill No. 2. The proposed bill seeks to among other proposals extend the women’s Parliamentary proportional representation quota system by 10 more years....
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29JanRead More
WEPEP project launched in Communities…towards Women’s active and full participation in electoral processes.
“An important area which require urgent reforms in our elections is that of violence, especially violence against us women. I do not feel safe as a voter and candidate during elections and the police, ZEC and political parties need to find urgent and sustainable solutions to this serious problem,” said...
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09JanRead More
WALPE Statement on Gazetting of Constitutional Amendment to Extend the Women’s Parliamentary Proportional Representation Quota System.
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) notes with serious concern the recent gazetting of far reaching constitutional amendments by the Government of Zimbabwe through the Clerk of Parliament. Of grave disquiet to WALPE is the envisaged extension of the women’s Parliamentary proportional representation quota system which gives 60 seats...
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23DecRead More
Women’s group piles pressure for women to achieve gender equality
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has said it is concluding the year at a high note by engaging aspiring women leaders to share and discuss strategies to achieve gender equality through public consultative and sensitization indabas, distribution of small income generating project funds and engaging in...
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22DecRead More
Aspiring women leaders welcome empowerment initiative as they demand equal representation in all leadership positions.
As the year 2019 comes to an end, Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) concluded it on a high note by engaging aspiring women leaders to share and discuss strategies to achieve gender equality through public consultative and sensitization indabas, distribution of small income generating project funds...
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12DecRead More
WALPE ENGAGES MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO PUSH FOR THE FULFLIMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL GENDER EQUALITY PROVISIONS.
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) between 10-12 December 2019 engaged Members of Parliament (MPs) on the need to push for the full implementation of gender equality provisions in the constitution. As an advocacy and lobby strategy, WALPE wrote individual letters to all the 270 MPs appealing to them...
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03DecRead More
Women call for an end to Gender Based Violence (GBV) and implementation of Gender Parity Constitutional provisions.
Women in Midlands and Bulawayo provinces hailed the findings from the research conducted by Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) and Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust (SAPST) on the efficacy of the women’s parliamentary proportional representation quota system. Two provincial indabas were held on Saturday 30 November...
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29NovRead More
Men and Boys lets Talk about Gender Equality!
As part of commemorating 16 Days of Activism against Gender–Based Violence, Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has embarked on a series of activities to sensitize men and boys on the issues of Gender Based Violence (GBV), rape and gender equality. The 16 Days of Activism against GBV is an annual international campaign that kicks...