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Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter
Zimbabwe will tomorrow join the rest of the world in commemorating the 43rd International Day for Women highlighting women’ s achievements.
This year, the day is being celebrated under the international theme “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world while the national theme is” Women’ s rights to decisions making vital in the face against Covid- 19 pandemic”.
Zimbabwe will this year commemorate the day through a virtual conference which is aimed at celebrating and increasing visibility of women’ s achievements and making nationwide awareness raising through discussion and meaningful narratives to help combat the spread of Covid-19 challenges faced by women.
The commemorations are also expected to build strategic collaborations based on a foundation of shared purpose, trust and appreciation to impact positive change for women.
In her message, Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister, Dr Sithembiso Nyoni said this year’ s theme celebrated the tremendous efforts by women and and girls in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
” Women leaders and women’ s organizations have demonstrated their skills, knowledge and networks to effectively lead in Covid- 19 response and recovery efforts.
” Today there is more acceptance than ever before that women bring different experiences, perspectives, and skills to the table and make irreplaceable contributions to decisions, policies and laws that work better for all, ” she said.
Dr Nyoni expressed concern over the increase of domestic violence during the Covid-19 induced lockdown.
“The Ministry integrates women’ s full and effective participation in the economy and protect women from all forms abuse and violence.
” I call upon all stakeholders to join us in this nationwide effort to improve the lives of women, knowing that empowering a woman means empowering a village, empowering a village means empowering communities and therefore empowering the nation,” she said.
The International Day for Women was first celebrated in 1975 during the international Women’ s year and was officially proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1977 and since then it has been commemorated across the world annually.
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