Chitungwiza-- Anxious, curious, and at the same time jovial, a country awaits the election period to take place on the 23rd of August 2023. Most parties would be competitively campaigning, drawing members from different communities to come in their numbers so that...
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Mutare- A LEMHster’s Election Experience
MUTARE---Elections brought about excitement in communities as people were running around in preparation for the day. We had the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) moving around sensitising communities about the...
ZIMBABWE’S 2023 ELECTION IN CONNECTION WITH WOMEN PARTICIPATION
Chitungwiza--- Women are marginalized from many things including, economic opportunities, harmful traditional practices, and political participation. During the 2023 elections, the participation of women was very...
A Societal Turning Point- A LEMHster’s Election Experience
Mufakose--- In Mufakose, a vibrant neighbourhood in Harare, Zimbabwe, the year 2023 brought an important election to the community. However, despite the lively atmosphere, women in Mufakose continued to face marginalisation in politics and leadership roles. Efforts...
Chitungwiza- A LEMHster Election Experience
Chitungwiza--I am a LEMHster, and I want to share my experience on what was going on in my community during the elections in terms of participation of women, the violence and how young women were being treated. With the low numbers of female representation on...
Zimbabwe’s 2023 Election–A LEMHster’s Election Experience
Ward R5, Manicaland--- As harmonised elections draw nearer, Zimbabweans are urged to participate in the political process peacefully as they decide who they want to be their leader for the next five years. However, citizens do not have the same political views, thus...
A 2023 Election Short Story
Chitungwiza-- As I boarded a bus to work on Tuesday 22 August, elections were the talk of the town. A man old enough to be my father watched a video of the CCC campaigns that happened the previous day. Beaming with hope, he drew attention with his boisterous laugh....
Women in Politics During the 2023 Harmonised Elections
Mutare---Defying ideals and norms set by the values of patriarchy outlining how women should be submissive stay-at-home mothers waiting to raise children, the women in Mutare Urban flocked to their different polling stations to cast their votes in accordance...
Women’s Participation and Behaviour of People in this Election- A LEMHSter’s Election Experience
In my community/ward, there was just one female candidate running for councillor. To my dismay, she faced discrimination from fellow women looking down upon her as they dissed her for not being a good leader and people had already concluded that she could not lead or...
Young Women Taking Charge- A LEMHster’s Election Experience
Chitungwiza---In this August 23, harmonized election, l had a chance to exercise my constitutional right not only as a voter by also as an accredited local election observer. Through my role as an observer, l was able to have first-hand information on the electoral...