Learning Safety and Security of LBQT Women & Girls in Zimbabwe

September 11th, 2024

In a society where the voices of LBQT girls and non-binary folk in all their diversities are often silenced or marginalized, our research project aims to harness the power of storytelling to learn the realities of violence, safety, and security...

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Work with Us – Program Officer

August 14th, 2023

Organization: Feminist Voices Zimbabwe  Position : Program Officer  Reporting to: Creative Director  Status: Full Time (4 days per week)  Deadline :  15 September 2023 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ About Feminist Voices Zimbabwe: Feminist Voices Zimbabwe is a non-profit  organization co-creating feminist and queer...

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PRIDE FAIR JUNE 2023

June 22nd, 2023

The planning of The Pride Fair commenced immediately after the Safe Abortion Fair . We started creating awareness of the event two months in advance where those interested in attending fill in a google form with their details and that...

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A FEMINIST APPROACH TO PROPERTY SHARING: WHY ZIMBABWEAN WOMEN SHOULD READ THEMHORA JUDGEMENT.

May 19th, 2023

In 1970, Emmaculate Mhora, a woman now aged 65 moved in with Govati Mhora. In 1971 theywere customarily married under the Customary Marriages Act 5:07 (then known as the AfricanMarriages Act). In 1982 Govati Mhora married another woman, who moved...

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A PROFESSION SILENCED PART 2: THE LEGALIZATION OF SEX WORK IN ZIMBABWE

May 19th, 2023

Sex Soko only wanted people to call him a sex worker. He was not a whore and he was not whatmost people mean when they say prostitute in Zimbabwe. Sex workers currently make up a largepart of the informal economy,...

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WHY THE LAW HAS FAILED TO END CHILD MARRIAGE

May 19th, 2023

In 2013 Zimbabwe adopted the amended Constitution. While this is a part of welcomed lawreform the problem was that various pieces of legislation did not correspond with this newConstitution (particularly around gender equality in marriage laws, age of consent and...

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S V MAREYA AND THE STATES VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

May 19th, 2023

On the 26th June 2018, Nora Kanyemba arrived home from work to find her children Rutendo andMukudzei (8 & 2 years old) distressed. Mukudzei cried that her private area was painful and whenNora started to change her diaper she noticed...

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