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Ruth Butaumocha Gender Forum A fortnight ago, the Public Service Commission made a shocking claim before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development about why there were few senior female civil servants in the PSC.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum “We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge.” When academic, author and businessman John Naisbitt made this statement, he was amazed at the superfluity of information that people had at their disposal, and
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Thirty-YEAR-OLD Mrs Grace Rukuni of Musvaire Village in Mutoko picks up her phone to read a message that has just popped up on her phone. “Mangwana, ndimi mune jana rekudiridza muriwo kumagadheni,” (“Tomorrow is your turn to water the garden”), read the message from her WhatsApp group
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Paternity test results for Fortunate (Tafadzwa) Mapako and sungura ace Alick Macheso’s two kids were released last week, putting an end to weeks of speculation and anxiety. The two had probably been living on the edge, following a media debacle that attracted massive interest from
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Gender Forum With Ruth Butaumocho— “We have begun to raise daughters more likes sons, but few have the courage to raise our sons like our daughters”. The above quote from American gender activist and journalist Gloria Steinem is reflective of the paths the majority of parents have taken to raise their children, in a
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Last week, Zimbabwe launched the Beijing+20 Consultative Process, joining several countries across the globe that have since embarked on the next level of women empowerment.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum The statement, “Religion is the opium of the people”, is one of the most frequently paraphrased part of a speech made by the German economist and philosopher, Karl Marx.
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Recently, I went to a well-established Harare primary school for a meeting with the headmaster to discuss various issues. While waiting for the headmaster I took a stroll around the school grounds and students were engaged in a number of extra curricular
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Last week signalled a temporary impasse in the Alick Macheso/Fortune Mapako maintenance saga that had been raging in the courts for a couple of weeks. The case of the two did not only create enough media blaze but also generated debate while giving people an insight into the trials and
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor When a woman commits a crime, the usual explanation is that it is involuntary, defensive or a result of some mental illness or hormonal imbalance inherent in the female physiology.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum <h3><i>More often than not, women shy away from the media and are not keen to be interviewed on certain issues, arguing that they don’t want to be quoted out of context.</i></h3> During a visit to Buhera some months ago, I had an opportunity to attend a village gathering where people were […]
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum The past few weeks have been dramatic with different events that have kept the public glued to the media. From MDC-T fights that have resulted in many splinters, to the tiff between SuperSport and Spirit Embassy prophet Hubert Angel over an alleged prophecy over Liverpool’s championship
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words,” Elbert Hubbard once said. While going through my notes on Critical Theory, I came across this quote from the American writer and philosopher. Although the same quote may be
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Charlotte Bronte in her book “Jane Eyre” made an apt observation when she said women were just as entitled as men to be involved in any form of action and be recognised for their efforts.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Female Members of Parliament recently shared their harrowing experiences of sexual harassment at the hands of their male counterparts in an endeavour to hold political positions.
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