Women demand implementation of 50-50 by political parties

On 31 May 2019, women at an outreach consultative meeting conducted by the Women Academy for Leadership and Excellency in Chitsa village, Ward 11 in Murewa, Mashonaland East demanded that among other things, there must be an urgent implementation of sections 17 and 56 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe which speak to equal access to all opportunities between men and women within the political leadership sphere. To achieve this the women called on Parliament to pass legislation compelling political parties to uphold the 50/50 gender representation provision at all levels from the local authorities places up to the presidium.

The women noted that political parties were notorious for their exclusion of women from decision making platforms and leadership opportunities.

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