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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor She has traversed the region pushing for economic empowerment for women, a journey of 40 years that has strengthened her resolve to improve their welfare despite all the odds. From the time she discovered that business was not about money and products but understanding the terrain, Ms Phides Mazhawidza, a yesteryear business […]
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Mbuya Zhoakinyu Kembo from Malawi had been enjoying a peaceful life until her husband one day bluntly told her that he was taking a second wife. A few moons later he threw her out of their Marondera matrimonial home, accusing her of being a witch who had even “killed” five of her own children.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Growing up in the dusty terrains of Mutoko, Lucy Marowa’s childhood was marked by hardships that saw her walking to school barefoot. But that never diminished her hopes of attaining the best out of her life.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender “It takes a village to raise a girl” is a popular Yoruba proverb. The proverb speaks well into Nyaradzayi’s Gumbonzvanda’s narrative after the community rallied behind her in support of her
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Miss World Zimbabwe was held over the weekend with 25-year-old Emily Kachote walking away with the coveted prize, shrugging off stiff competition from 14 other contestants.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor IN a domestic game where superstition is rife, just having a woman sitting on the technical bench of a football team may be regarded as taboo. And for years the boundaries were drawn and the message was clear, women were better off on the terraces than on the touch line.
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Gender Forum With Ruth Butaumocho The mini-skirt saga in which a hapless woman was stripped naked by overzealous touts has finally come to the end. This follows the sentencing of the two touts to an effective eight months in jail for their act.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Mozambican politician and philanthropist Ms Graca Machel last week launched a network of African businesswomen, the Zimbabwe chapter that will see local businesswomen working and networking with thousands of like-minded women in 11 countries under the Graca Machel Foundation.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor Miriam Mbambo (40) wakes up at 3am daily to prepare food for her three school-going children before she leaves for work at the nearby Pickstone Mine in Chegutu.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Last week Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Women’s Day, by holding a series of events to celebrate women’s achievements calling for equality among men and women.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum This is unthinkable for any parent, more so for the mother who is considered a nurturer, carer and regarded as an embodiment of life. So, just the idea of a mother murdering her own child, for whatever reason is against the ideals of motherhood.
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Gender Forum With Ruth Butaumocho As a little girl, growing up in Chiweshe was an enriching experience which I relive now and then when life gets very demanding and I really need an inspirational story to keep me going.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Editor They have attended close to a thousand funerals of strangers. Each day, they are part of up to five funerals or more, yet they rarely shed a tear, doing so on a few occasions. They are neither grave diggers, undertakers, priests nor hearse drivers yet they make sure they do not
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Gender Forum With Ruth Butaumocho most Zimbabweans are still trying to come to terms with Harare City Council’s decision to ban the rearing of chickens in the backyard, arguing that this destroys the comfort of neighbourhoods.
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For the ordinary Zimbabwean an empty plastic bottle is nothing more than a piece of trash that needs to be disposed in a dustbin if it can’t find any other use in the home. However, for the majority of women in Hopley and its environs, empty plastic bottles are an opportunity to make money, change their […]
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