Empowerment of Women



• First Lady Grace Mugabe



 The  First Lady In Action

 Addressing thousands of women at commemorations of the International Women’s Day, the first lady urged women to participate in politics and decision making as these were a fundamental per-requisite for gender equality and women empowerment. Grace Mugabe has become an inspiration to most Zimbabwean women as she is encouraging them to educate themselves so that they are able to partake in decision making.

She has also warned the police to stop confiscating vendor's wares as they are trying to earn a living.One will also observe that most of the vendors are women .This shows that women are taking a step in emancipating themselves from the patriarchal society as they also want to be independent.

This  function was attended by the acting Minister of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Cde Chris Mushowe, Government ministers, Zanu-PF Politburo members, senators, women from the uniformed forces, nurses, student teachers and church members from different denominations.This is actual a good sign because it shows the citizens of Zimbabwe that the government is working towards seeing women as equals to men.Seems like the government is showing a great concern in women empowerment.

To prove this ,the government has come up with some initiatives  to ensure women's participation .These include facilitating women’s participation in key economic sectors of

•  agriculture
•  mining
•  tourism
• trade

“I want to tell women that the sky is the limit. We want a female for the post of the police commissioner general, commander of defense forces and prisons commissioner general. We can all do it and we can do it through education.” Cde Mugabe said.

Moreover she spoke about gender based violence saying despite that people have been enlightened on gender issues,they still regarded or saw violence as the only way to solve disputes.It seems like more education on gender based violence should be given to the people and a punishment for such a crime should be so harsh that the perpetrator would think twice the next time they want to do it.