Women’s Experiences in the

2018 Zimbabwe Election Cycle

WLSA ZIMBABWE
December 2018
ABOUT WOMEN AND LAW IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (WLSA)

Formed in 1989, Women and Law in Southern African Research and Education Trust
(WLSA) Zimbabwe is the local Chapter of a sub-regional network. Member countries
comprise of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and
Zimbabwe. WLSA seeks to contribute to the sustained well-being of women and girls in
Southern Africa through action-oriented research in the socio-legal eld and
advocating for women's rights. Here action oriented research is intended to inform and
inuence actions being taken to improve the socio-legal situation of women and girl
children. WLSA work incorporates action into research by questioning and challenging
the law, instigating campaigns for changes in law and in policies, educating women
about their rights, providing legal advice and sensitising communities and their
leadership during the course of the research on issues of gender.

The vision of WLSA Zimbabwe is a society where justice is equitably accessed, claimed
and enjoyed by women and girls in all spheres of life. The mission of WLSA Zimbabwe
is to organize, coordinate and support evidence based interventions that promote and
protect women and girl's rights through legal and policy reform and changes to
discriminatory socio-cultural practices. WLSA Zimbabwe goal is to contribute to
gender equality and fullment of women and girls' rights. It is guided by values of
ownership, professionalism, accountability and transparency, integrity, solidarity,
equal rights and opportunities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) acknowledges the partners it worked with
to make this research possible. It acknowledges the Norwegians Peoples Aid (NPA) for
the funding that made this research and the whole project possible, your valuable
support is commended and appreciated immensely. We also want to acknowledge our
stakeholders in Murewa who participated actively and contributed the content in this
project. WLSA acknowledges the input by various stakeholders especially the Ministry
of Women Affairs Gender and Community Development, Other CSOs who participated
in the research process as well as the whole project, we continue to value for input.
Lastly WLSA many thanks go to the WLSA team members for making valuable
contributions to the edition.

National Director

Fadzai Traquino
Women and Law in Southern Africa (Zimbabwe).
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