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22 WOZA members arrested in Bulawayo for discussing constitution; later released without charge
News update - 3pm:
The 22 women arrested in Pumula today have been released without being charged. As lawyers from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights were unavailable to attend to the matter, WOZA National Coordinator, Jenni Williams, and Magodonga Mahlangu attended the police station and met with the Officer in Charge, Assistant Inspector Chimani. He advised [...]
Helping Zimbabweans to understand and write their own Constitution - with help from WOZA/MOZA
WOZA has produced a booklet ‘A guide to understanding the Constitution’, which has been included below.
The booklet is to aid people to contribute in consultations as well as to help members decide on their minimum standards and principles for a constitution. WOZA prepared the booklet to empower people with issues to debate publicly prior to the [...]
Zimbabwe’s constitution-making process – a WOZA perspective
Background
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) has consulted with members over the last few weeks on the constitutional reform process initiated by Article 6 of the Global Political Agreement (GPA)1 and recognise the opportunity to play a role in making this process result in a truly democratic Zimbabwe. WOZA has already been involved in joint civic [...]