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Zimbabwe carer plundered widower's £350 000 estate

Zimbabwean carer who fleeced a widower of his life savings, including a £200,000 home, has been warned she faces a lengthy jail term after being convicted on three counts of fraud by an English court.
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Zimbabwean women fail to negotiate safe sex

Thandiwe has full blown Aids. However, she said she regrets that were it not for the patriarchal society she could not be in the situation that she is in now.
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Graça Machel scholarship for postgraduate study in South Africa

Deadline: 10 August 2010.The key aim of the Graça Machel Scholarship Programme is to help provide the female human resources necessary for economic, social and cultural development in the southern African region and to develop an educated and skilled workforce that can benefit the wider community. ...
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US Bar Association honours Zimbabwean lawyer

"Things are not all right in Zimbabwe," said human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, delighted that the American Bar Association (ABA) has decided to honour her because it draws attention to the fact....
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Call for applications -Training course on Feminist Leadership - Zimbabwe

Open to applicants from Southern African Region .A course for young feminist advocates in NGOs, the public and private sectors.Organised by: The Institute of peace, Leadership and Goverance (IPLG) at Africa University and The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA).Venue: Mutare, Zimbabwe, 16 - 28 August, 2010.Deadline for receipt of application is Friday, 09 July 2010. ...
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New Constitution: Women lobby for dual citizenship.

What was expected to be an everlasting union has turned into a nightmare for young Alice Ndare (not her real name) who married her Yugoslav boyfriend and relocated to his country in 2004....
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Women empowerment fails

Former Irish President Mary Robinson’s visit to Zimbabwe for a Zimbabwe High Level Dialogue on Women Empowerment a few weeks ago has failed to yield results with no tangible activity having taken place. ...
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Women movement lacking leadership and common vision

Twenty-eight years ago, nurse Edna Masiyiwa would never have dreamt of earning the same salary as her male counterparts. Because she was female, she had to settle for lower pay even though she possessed the same qualifications with her male counterparts. ...
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Gender basket fund relaunched in Zimbabwe

A basket fund aimed at increasing the economic participation of women in Zimbabwe, has been relaunched after a start which faltered due to the delayed appointment of the new government earlier this year....
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AIDS prevention trial in Zimbabwe targets women

Women research-An AIDS prevention trial, evaluating both a microbicide and oral tablets in one study, starts soon in Zimbabwe as researchers seek to reduce the disease burden among women. ...
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Prostitutes form burial society

They are frowned upon by society and dismissed as evil and immoral. ...
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Police bar women marchers

Police on Friday refused permission to gender activists from all over the country who had intended to march in Harare yesterday to demand greater women’s involvement in the constitution-making process. ...
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Beatrice Mtetwa wins international human rights award

Prominent Zimbabwe human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, has landed the 2009 Ludovic- Trarieux International Human Rights Prize for her trailblazing role in defending human rights in Zimbabwe. ...
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Women urged to play role in constitution making

The Deputy Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Ms Evelyn Masaiti, has warned that women will campaign for a 'No Vote' during the Constitution referendum if their interests were not enshrined in the new Constitution. ...
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Zimbabwean girls seek opportunity in South Africa

It's easy to miss the two girls. They are so small they seem to disappear amid the dozen Zimbabwean boys crowded around them along the trash-choked drain. Sofia Chimhangwa, a 14-year-old in a denim skirt, lies on the concrete under a filthy blanket....
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The woman who took on Mugabe

Freedom campaigner Jenni Williams is a persistent thorn in the side of the Zimbabwean dictator. She tells Elizabeth Day about her shocking experiences of police brutality and jail - and how the fight for justice has meant sacrificing a normal family life...
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Businesswoman plans to turn beerhall into school

A Chivhu businesswoman, Mrs Virginia Bimha, who is leasing Ndakaziva Beerhall in the town is applying for permission to convert the bar into a high school. ...
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Women vow to Reclaim Space

Gender activists see the drafting of a new constitution spearheaded by a parliamentary select committee as a golden opportunity for women to claim their space as equal citizens to their male counterparts in terms of the law. ...
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Women call for Justice Probe

Zimbabwe should set up a justice commission to investigate all cases of political violence and human rights abuses that occurred since the country’s independence, a coalition of women’s organisations has said....
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Women give talk on how to prepare traditional dishes

Women from Masvingo rural district got a pat on the back from institutions of higher learning and local hotels when they converged at Morgenster Mission to give information to representatives from several institutions on how to prepare traditional food using sweet potatoes. ...
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Women excellence awards held

Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Thokozani Khuphe, yesterday presented the first ever awards of excellence to 10 women who have contributed to the development of different economic sectors of the nation at a ceremony held in Bulawayo. ...
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