Families in Lupanda and Shabulanyana areas of Lupane were last week left counting their losses following strong whirlwinds that pounded the areas and blew off rooftops. Villagers in these areas fear that they won’t be able to repair their houses…
The deepening poverty, coupled with perennial droughts and high levels of unemployment in Zimbabwe is driving a number of families to marry off their under-age daughters. This was revealed by women in Lupane who expressed deep concern over the rate…
Villagers in Umzingwane District have expressed concern over poor health service delivery at local clinics highlighting a series of difficulties that hundreds of patients in Umzingwane District have been experiencing during the COVID-19 period. Women who spoke to this publication…
Five months after consuming contaminated tap water, community leaders in Luveve suburb remain disheartened over the unending and gruesome health complications that still haunt community members. In May 2020, residents from Luveve and Mpophoma suburbs consumed water that was contaminated…
On Wednesday 14 October 2020, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) facilitated a Civil Society Consensus Building Meeting on the local authority budget consultations in Gwanda. The meeting was attended by representatives from 10 Civil Society Organisations that operate in…
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) conducted a Pre-budget consultation meeting which was attended by at least 25 women at Esihlengeni Community Hall in Umzingwane’s Ward 2. The meeting sought to develop and strengthen the capacity of women with skills…
BULAWAYO – At least 30 women in the Provincial assembly structure staged a demonstration at the MDC Alliance Bulawayo Office, in a bid to influence the party to yield to their plea and observe gender equality in the Ward 8…
We the undersigned Civic Society Organisations working on democracy and human rights, guided by the Constitution that allows all citizens to participate freely in politics, express our concern over the recent developments in Zimbabwe that pose a threat to such…
Women informal traders have proposed the crafting of a national vendor policy, accountable tax utilization and a pension fund ahead of the National Budget Hearings earmarked for 12-16 October 2020 across the country. Women informal traders in Bulawayo brought to…
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) on Wednesday, 7 October, 2020 conducted a radio discussion on Skyz Metro FM that was aimed at raising awareness on the electoral cycle, with focus on the pending by elections, and to encourage citizens…