Over 1 500 rural women, all members of the Rural Women’s Assembly Zimbabwe, gathered for the 2022 National Meeting under the theme Rebuilding Rural Women’s Livelihoods and Resilience through Sharing Alternatives in Moments of Disasters as well as in Post Disasters. This was the first in person National Meeting to take place following two years … More RWA Zimbabwe: 2022 National Meeting
The Covid-19 pandemic is a global disaster that has severely impacted every level of society. As communities around the world were forced to stay at home for government enforced lockdowns in an attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19, a new pandemic began to rear its ugly head – Gender-Based Violence, its victims – women … More Gender-based Violence: The Other Pandemic
During this global pandemic, no country is spared from the devastation that COVID-19 has left in its trail and continues to distribute. The Zimbabwean situation is worse, and its citizens are more vulnerable because of the broken healthcare system, corruption and political instability (all these caused by the ruling ZANU-PF party. Recently, the rule of … More People’s Dialogue and The Rural Women’s Assembly of Southern Africa calls for an end to the Zimbabwean government’s abuse of power
This months’ newsletter looks at the economic impact of COVID 19 on poor rural households. The articles and stories in this issue speak to the daily realities that the RWA members live through and experience. In previous newsletters of the Southern Africa Rural Women’s Assembly, we have made the point that the COVID 19 pandemic has … More The Economic Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic
In the time of COVID-19, organisations like the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) are driving solutions to keep members and communities engaged and functioning in a very uncertain time. This does not mean that the RWA membership is not impacted by COVID-19, however, the women show resilience and strive to meet the demands of the pandemic … More Rural Women’s Assembly on Africa and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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