Jessie Majome her former counterpart who is the Deputy Minister of Women Affairs said that the dismissal of Mutinhiri was unfortunate and reduced the numbers of women who were deputy ministers to just one.
“Women are very easy to victimize, even in politics. It is very unfortunate that Tracy was treated in such as manner but we would like to say as women our representation in government is very small and a cause for concern,” said Majome.
The SADC Gender Alliance, which campaigned for the adoption of the SADC Gender Protocol and is still fighting for the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Gender Development, said in a statement that it “notes with concern the expelling of Tracy Mutinhiri from Zanu (PF),” and urged Zanu (PF) to replace her with another woman.
Women Trust Director Precious Gombera said that Mutinhiri’s expulsion complicates the chances of the country achieving 50/50 representation.
“This has been a complication in terms of achieving our milestone, by virtue of her being a woman; she was contributing to the 50/50 representation. We appeal to the party leaders to replace her with a woman so that we do not have a reduction of female members,” said Gombera.
Tsitsi Mlanga of Women in Politics Support Unit expressed confidence in Zanu (PF) finding a capable replacement for Mutinhiri.
“We are very confident that Zanu (PF) has capable and competent women to take up the position of Deputy Minister that is now vacant. Appointing a woman would be in line with the call of our 50/50 Campaign which advocates for the use of legal quotas to legislate 'at least' 50% participation of women in decision-making structures and other strategies to achieve this goal,” said Mlanga.
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