Govt courts partners in gender equality push

GOVERNMENT needs partners to fight  for women’s empowerment as it cannot work alone in fighting gender inequality, Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.

She was speaking during the launch of two gender assessment reports by the World Bank in Harare this week.

According to the World Bank, the maternal mortality rate in Zimbabwe has remained high at 363 per 100 000 live births, falling short of the Sustainable Development Goal target of 70 deaths by 2030.

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