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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence 2021 Campaign
Engaging Communities in Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe Chapter (FAWEZI) joins the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (GBV). This is an annual international campaign that kicks off today, the 25th of November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women [VAW]), and runs until the 10th of December, (Human Rights Day). This year`s commemorations are running under the global theme, “Orange the world: End Violence Against Women Now”.
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Taking ownership of “Tuseme/Let us speak out” clubs
Seke Mhuriimwe secondary school has taken ownership of the Tuseme/let us speak out club to ensure its sustainability. Located in Chitungwiza one of the urban settlements where cases of early pregnancies and child marriages were on an increase, the school adopted the club as a tool to tackle […]
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A transformed apostolic sect shrine:
… a case of Chitungwiza Ward 10 Over the years, the apostolic sect owing to its doctrine has been known for beliefs and practices that fuel occurrences of various forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). This has been worsened by the visible skewed balance of power between men and women in favour of […]
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Press Release: SASA Together awareness phase community champions training
Harare, 17 May 2022: Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe Chapter (FAWEZI), Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ), Family Aids Caring Trust (FACT) and community champions from Shamva and Chitungwizwa converged in Domboshava today for the SASA Together awareness phase training. The three-day training is meant to equip community champions with skills to reduce Violence Against Women […]
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25
Nov
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Press Statement
Engaging communities in reducing Violence Against Women and Girls Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe Chapter (FAWEZI) joins the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (GBV). This is an annual international campaign that kicks off today, the 25th of November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence […]
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10
Oct
International Day of the Girl Child 2021 PRESS STATEMENT
The Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe Chapter (FAWEZI) joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) under the global theme “Digital generation. Our generation.” IDGC, is celebrated every year on the 11th of October acknowledging the importance, power, and potential of adolescent girls by encouraging the opening […]
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01
Oct
Creating safe spaces for girls during COVID-19
By Michele Munatswa, Information and Communications Officer, Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe (FAWEZI) Chapter “I had lost all hope as I witnessed my parents fight physically and verbally daily during the COVID19 induced National lockdown with no one to talk to. I started having nightmares and suffered from depression and to escape my reality […]
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19
Sep
Reduced gender-based violence as men participate in the redistribution of chores in the home
By Michele Munatswa, Information and Communication Officer – Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe (FAWEZI) Chapter “When everyone understands that we all have power within, then it will be easy to achieve gender equality and equity. It becomes easy to share chores at home so that the burden of unpaid care work is not mostly […]
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10
Aug
Behavior changes for out of school adolescents through mentorship
Tendai had to drop out of school in grade 3 in 2019 as she could not handle the teasing from the other students because of her mentally ill grandmother who she stays with along with her sister`s family. She had low self-esteem because her family is poor and could not provide the basic necessities for […]
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03
Aug
A Second Chance to Education
After losing both her parents who were the source of income, life became very difficult for thirteen years old Sipho (Not real name) and her siblings who wanted to further their education but could not due to lack of financial support. She dropped out of school in grade four in 2018 and started helping her […]
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03
Jun
A chance at alternative learning through community learning centres, a case of Matobo and Beitbridge
The Problem Musa (not real name) is a 14 – year-old girl who has never attended school who sells mopani worms which she picks, prepares and dries with her family. Every day she goes to sell her share of the mopani worms so as to help her grandmother fend for the family. Musa […]
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27
Mar
Ward level Community Sensitizations on the TORCHES Project and SASA! Together and Asset Mapping and selection of Community Champions and Community Leaders.
FAWEZI conducted Community Sensitizations on the Project and SASA! Together in Wards 16, 24 and 28 (Shamva) on the 25th and the 26th of March 2021 respectively and in Wards 10 and 18 on the 30th of March in Chitungwiza. FAWEZI then selected 35 Community Champions and 15 Community Leaders from Shamva and Chitungwiza […]
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26
Feb
Chitungwiza Stakeholders Refresher Training on Referral Pathways and the Protocol on the Multi-Sectoral Management of Sexual Abuse and Violence in Zimbabwe
FAWEZI in partnership with Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ), Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe (LCDZ) and Family Aids Caring Trust (FACT) is implementing the Towards Resilient Communities with Health Equity and Safety for All, (TORCHES) Project in Shamva and Chitungwiza Districts The project aims to create communities where women and girls, including people with disabilities, are […]
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