Gean Kasukuvere, a young woman from Shamva District, Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe introduced her healthy plate of farm products; "The Rainbow Plate", locally known as Ndiro Yakazara (which means a plate with everything). The plate has a variety of natural and home grown healthy food products like grains, groundnuts, pumpkin seeds and honey. In this article Gean gives us a detailed background to Ndiro Yakazara.
In a bid to enhance young women’s political participation in line with Zimbabwe’s constitution and regional and international commitments Zimbabwe has signed up to young women from different provinces of Zimbabwe have consensually called for robust quota systems as a means to gender equality. Section 124 (b) of Zimbabwe’s constitution provides a Proportional Representation quota system of 60 seats for women parliamentarians. The quota system comes to an end in 2023. However the same constitution extensively provides for gender equality and non-discrimination in all spheres of life including politics.
The road to 2018 Elections was unforgettable for young women who contested to be Councillors, Members of Parliament and Senators in different constituencies and provinces of Zimbabwe. This is what our 2018 #VoteRunLead Alumni had to say about their political journeys:
On 15 July 2019, 65 young women thronged Guruve Magistrates court by 0900hrs to offer solidarity to Chipo (real name withheld for confidentiality), a 14 year old girl who has been abused by Sam (real name withheld for not interfering with court proceedings) a 24 year old man from Guruve district.
Introduction:
There is an old adage that suggests ‘young people are leaders of the future and not the present’. I have always contested that and continue to argue that young people are leaders of both the present and the future. The notion that young people should retain ‘only’ the right to future leadership is ill-conceived and turns a blind eye to the vast knowledge, skills and energy young people possess in the present. We owe a lot to such concepts as democracy that have pushed the rights of youth and women on the global agenda.
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