
Virginia Muwanigwa
@ginnyvee1
Communication, gender and development practitioner, disrupter of adverse social norms, friend
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27-05-2013 10:38:46
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True. Reminding colleagues to share with Zimbabwe Gender Commission as we are not a front line responder. We need to address systemic GBV by making institutions responsive. That will build women's confidence in the law.



Women'svoicezw Virginia Muwanigwa Chimhau Winnet Chitauro SHDF Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Gender Commission Memory Mushore IThemba for Girls Trust (IGT)-Zimbabwe Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre girlchildempowerment #WomenLandNow Gender plays a significant role in defining leadership roles and is a barrier to women taking up these leadership roles. #womenleaderszw SHDF Zimbabwe Women's Academy for Leadership Act4WomenZW Namatai Kwekweza🇿🇼 Women'svoicezw #WomenLandNow Zimbabwe Gender Commission

Women'svoicezw Virginia Muwanigwa Chimhau Winnet Chitauro SHDF Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Gender Commission Memory Mushore IThemba for Girls Trust (IGT)-Zimbabwe Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre girlchildempowerment #WomenLandNow Conservativism. I mean our societies have been cultured to believe man are 'heads' to use the biblical term. Until the day we have a great psychological shift that first recognise a woman as a human first we may continue having this tragic problem

Women'svoicezw Virginia Muwanigwa Chimhau Winnet Chitauro SHDF Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Gender Commission Memory Mushore IThemba for Girls Trust (IGT)-Zimbabwe Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre girlchildempowerment #WomenLandNow Many people associate leadership behaviors with agentic behaviors, which are associated with stereotypical masculine traits such as assertiveness, aggression, competitiveness, dominance, independence and self-reliance.

Women'svoicezw Virginia Muwanigwa Chimhau Winnet Chitauro SHDF Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Gender Commission Memory Mushore IThemba for Girls Trust (IGT)-Zimbabwe Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre girlchildempowerment #WomenLandNow Socialisation and our culture plays a big role and at times its the intimidation and fear women receive when they try or want to take up a leadership position.











