Category: Human Rights

Amnesty International has made another appeal to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to establish an independent judge-led commission of inquiry into the abduction and likely enforced disappearance of activist Itai Dzamara about 18 months ago. Marking this year’s International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International appealed...

Hundredsnbsp;of women staged a peaceful march in Harare yesterday demanding an end to early child marriages before handing over a petition to Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development Nyasha Chikwinya. The procession, made up of ...

Government has dismissed claims by Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede that contraceptives have serious negative side effects on women saying his claims were based on unproven research findings. In a joint statement with the Zimbabwe National Family Pla...

Newly-appointed Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development Minister Cde Nyasha Chikwinya (NC) is no stranger to women empowerment issues and she says her new role will see her take head-on a myriad of challenges affecting women and girls such ...

Organisers of the International Images Film Festival for Women have encouraged women to tell their stories through films that are screened during the festival. This year's festival runs from August 14 to 22 and international film stars have been inv...