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By Denzel Nemhara
Women and young girls around Bindura district are advocating for gender-based violence issues, including domestic violence to be heard at traditional chiefs’ courts than judicial courts, Nhau/Indaba has established.
They allege that judicial courts are perpetuating the scourge as most cases were being treated with leniency while perpetrators go free after committing the crimes thereby disturbing their victims’ peace.
This emerged at a recently organised community dialogue held at Bindura University of Science Education for young women and girls in the provincial capital around Chireka communal lands.
It was organised by the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ) in commemoration of World Peace Day.
Participants also appealed to men to value and respect them as an equal sex for the attainment of peace in the country.
They said for peace to exist, men should treat them as they would also want to be treated.
One speaker said, “Women should be allowed to voice and participate in decision making as well as be part of policy making.
Our voices should be heard from household level to national level.”
One student blamed the issue on men generally not accepting the 50/50 law and feeling threatened by the emancipation of women.
Another said, “We as women have created a tendency of depending on the male figure and it has made us vulnerable to abuse, ill treatment and even sexual assault”
Gillian Chinzete of the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe concurred with the campaigners and encouraged women to stand their ground by vying for leadership positions as well taking part in policy making. Nhau/Indaba
