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As we continue celebrate the women's month our activist @CherryDee1992 met with 24 youth women at a women's hearing at Vheneka ward 27. Issues raised include:

*Young women fear violence and intimidation Inferiority *There is also need to dismantle beliefs that normalize violence against women. @ClarisMadhuku @CynthiaGwenzi @AllianceofCBOs

Happy International Women's Day.

It's a Tuesday...... #IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity @womensvoicezw @RuralYoungWomen @AllianceofCBOs

file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/PLAAS_Policy_Brief_58_Securing_Land_Tenure_for_Women_and_Men_Zimbabwe.pdf There is an increase of state led non voluntary dispossession of men and women living on customary land and is characterised by coercion and non-voluntary consent.

plaas.org.za/national-polic… PLAAS in collaboration with the PYCD, held a policy dialogue in Zimbabwe to disseminate research findings from the project, ‘The privatisation of customary land and its implications for women’s tenure security and livelihoods,’

Platform For Youth and Community Development (@PYDT1) is a rural-based organisation operating in Manicaland Province, focused on social, economic and political development issues within the community. Read more about their work here: bit.ly/3CQipJa

This has been a battle since 2019 when the villagers received eviction orders from the Chipinge RDC

This court interdict over the arbitrary conversion of communal land came as welcome news to PYCD and the community that have long battled an impending loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural identity. The interdict upheld the principles of administrative justice.

Chipinge RDC has been interdicted by the High Court from urbanizing Kondo Communal land without following due process. 266 households had received eviction orders in which a situation that was a clear violation by the RDC of the common people rights to land.

The Gender Activists, aunts and uncles in attendance also reported and provided feedback on some of the bizarre cases they are counseling in their various local communities. @Sekemutema_ @263women @ClarisMadhuku @ShamwariyeMwana

Some of the highlights of challenges being experienced by learners in schools are drug abuse, absenteeism, bullying, early child marriages, unwanted and unsafe termination of pregnancies.

@PYDT1 Gender Office Quarterly Review Meeting at the PYCD Centre was well subscribed. It was a meeting attended by all the 25 Gender Activists from the various wards in Chipinge together with their 10 aunts and 5 uncles.

PYCD Gender and Advocacy Officer confirmed that her organisation has contributed to a notable increase in the participation of women in matters of land governance in response to climate change. This was presented during conversations with visitors from ZELA at the PYCD Centre

The Research, Livelihood and Governance Officer Mr Allan Murozvi reported during engagement with ZELA, that PYCD was pivotal in the etablishment of the Mutema and Chibuwe CAMPFIRE and was keen to see it being implemented holistically.