Women’s Rights Groups Turn To Technology To Fight GBV
The SAFE U application is cutting-edge technology and data-driven platform to enable victims and their families to access information about social service provisions
IYWD’s Devolution Empowerment Program Pays Off
263Chat · IYWD's Devolution Empowerment Program Pays Off The Institute of Young Women Development (IYWD) is on a quest to empower girls and young women with knowledge of local government structures, roles, functions as well as skills and tools to engage duty bearers and other stakeholders
Stakeholders Amplify Calls For Gender Parity In Politics
263Chat · Stakeholders Amplify Calls For Gender Parity In Politics Political players and advocacy groups have amplified calls for the alignment of laws with the constitution to ensure gender parity in electoral processes. Speaking during an inter-party round table meeting held in Harare, Tuesday, Institute for Young
Online Violence: A Silent Pandemic For Women In Politics
263Chat · Online Violence: A Silent Pandemic For Women In Politics Technology-facilitated Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWP) is harmful, widespread, and fast-growing. Like ‘real world’ violence, online violence occurs with different intensities and can be shared infinitely across social media platforms with little recourse for its
‘NPRC, Human Rights Commission Underutilized In Conflict Management’
Formal peacebuilding and conflict resolution initiatives continue to ignore or marginalise issues of gender, and young women’s involvement in formal missions and talks remains low, studies have shown. A recent study by the Institute of Young Women Development revealed that most people in Mashonaland Central are
Rural Women Adopt Small Grains To Mitigate Climate Change Effects
Grappling with hunger and food insecurity is one of the major challenges that global communities, and Zimbabwe in particular, have been experiencing since the 1990s. In 2016, Zimbabwe declared a state of emergency as drought caused crop failures across the country, rendering many communities vulnerable and
Women Have Equal Political Power As Men: Mash Central Chiefs
Traditional Chiefs from Mashonaland Province have urged women to take an active role in politics and support each other during elections while discouraging them against the over-reliance on their male counterparts. Speaking at a provincial devolution meeting organised by Institute for Young Women and Development in
Women Group Set Gender Benchmarks for Incoming Administration
Institute for Young Women Development (IYWD) has today launched two projects, the Zimbabwe Feminist Manifesto and the #RedCard Campaign to highlight all forms of violence against women that work against their enjoyment of their constitutional rights in letter and spirit. Addressing journalists in Harare, IYWD representative,
Young Women Bemoan Name Calling By Male Contestants
47 political parties fielded candidates for the National Assembly elections with 20 of them not fielding a single woman at all and two fielding only one woman each