Support for 50-50 gender equality campaign(07-12-06)

ality campaign launched recently by Zimbabwean women. We, the exiled girl children of Zimbabwe, regard this as a big step towards gender freedom. It is a fact that women are the most vulnerable victims of the worsening Zimbabwean crisis.
The campaign by Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU) to boost the political representation by women from 22 to 50 percent is a fundamental right that we young Zimbabweans need to be seen advocating for.
It is morally wrong to continue to exclude the girl child from the decision making process at local or national level. Women are the pillar of society and they have been used for a long time now as mere pawns.
We salute our fellow women of Zimbabwe who are already involved in the everyday struggle of trying to bring about change. We salute people like Grace Kwinjeh, Thokozani Khupe, Priscilla Misiharabwi-Mushonga, Lucia Matienga,Tabetha Khumalo, JenniWilliams, Magodonga Mahlangu, Emily Mpofu and not forgetting our diaspora comrades Sandra Nyaira, Violet Gonda, Mandisa Mundawarara, Yvonne Marimo, Carole Gombakomba, Patience Rusere, Yvonne Mahlunge, Emily Madamombe and many others we have not named here.
We need many more women to join the debate about issues that affect them, most of all us as women to stop being our own enemies so we can work together and aim to push for more female representation not only at parliament levels but also at local levels.
It is unfortunate that some women have lost their way and have turned from heroes to monsters. People like Joice Mujuru, Shuvai Mahofa, Oppah Muchinguri, Edina Madzongwe, our the so-called First Lady Grace Mugabe and Jane Mutasa whom we all know for cheating our mothers in the name of the Indigenous Business Women’s Organisation (IBWO) – whatever became of it, one wonders?
These are self-imposed hypocritical figures who have failed to speak out for the women of Zimbabwe. They have betrayed the dreams of Josiah Tongogara, Jason Ziyapapa Moyo, Herbert Chitepo, Sally Mugabe and father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo who sacrificed their lives to see black Zimbabweans free from the shackles of colonialism. This also applies to people like South Africa’s foreign affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Vice President Mlambo-Ngcuka. – Chipo Chaya and Yeukai Taruvinga are members of the Free-ZimYouth’s Women-Wing. They can be contacted on 07904395496 and 07940437496.