Theresa Marwei of Mubaiwa village in ward 27 of Makoni District, Rusape ,Zimbabwe lives to tell the tale of how she became the talk of the village, “the iron lady,” as we prefer to call her, she is a wife and mother of twelve children whom she bore out of ignorance because then at the time women had no…
The issue of patriarchy and harmful cultural beliefs has seen most women being marginalized and suppressed. Helen has fallen a victim of such circumstances after the death of her husband. Her husband’s brother took her for widow cleansing, wife inheritance and child bearing. She was later thrown out to the dogs because she was not good enough and was…
Marian Madora has been one of the women who have experience the cold side of life by not having a male figure in the house to head the family. She is widowed and left in charge of seven children to take care on her own. Her road has not been a smooth one since she had to provide food…
Family Action for Community Empowerment in Zimbabwe (FACE Zim) came into Tsitsi’s community with an empowerment package for women through the Rural Women’s Assembly. Women were conscientized of their rights and among the many rights was that of women and land ownership which included many workshops on farming, inheritance and property rights. She was also trained on Income Savings…
Agroecology Workshop Agroecology is sustainable farming that works with nature. It also an affordable farming technique/ method as it requires application of organic methods which are sustainable and can be used to build resilience in the wake of a hyper inflationary environment which is incapacitating most communities.
In a bid to improve the capacity of smallholder farmers especially women and youths to improve their goat breeds, production and access to viable markets, the organisation courtesy of ActionAid procured 13 Boer crossbreeds and distributed the goats among women and youth groups in wards 16 and 19 of Makoni District. The idea is to rotate the goats amongst…
