Women and Law in Southern Africa - Zimbabwe

18/09/2026

Congratulations, Dr Mildred Mushunje! 🎉

WLSA congratulates Dr Mildred Mushunje on her appointment as a Commissioner of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission.

Dr Mushunje brings extensive experience in gender, social justice and women’s rights, and we wish her every success in her new role.

Congratulations, Dr Mushunje!



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15/09/2026

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐖 | 𝐙𝐀𝐌𝐈 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

Women’s Pre-Budget Caucus side event is underway at the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba, focusing on Women’s Unpaid Care Work and the Law: What Government Must Do and How the Budget Can Deliver.

Women carry a disproportionate burden of unpaid care work. The discussion examines how government can recognise, reduce and redistribute this work and what the 2027 National Budget must fund to make that possible.



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15/09/2026

WLSA at the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba 2026

WLSA, represented by Patricia Muganhitri, is at , bringing a gender justice lens to discussions on mining, taxation, debt and the fair sharing of natural resource wealth.

📷 Photo credit: ZIMCODD



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14/09/2026

WLSA welcomes the landmark UN resolution declaring 27 November as the International Day to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage.

Zimbabwe’s Marriages Act already criminalises child marriage. This declaration strengthens the national call to action to end child marriage in Zimbabwe.

WLSA welcomes the UN resolution making 27 November the International Day to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage and urges zero tolerance in Zimbabwe.

10/09/2026

The 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 concluded yesterday with participants agreeing on eight key advocacy actions to move the care agenda forward.



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09/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW: CARE ECONOMY LEARNING MEETING

Rumbidzayi Makoni, from ActionAid , highlighted the importance of building stronger African collaboration and knowledge on care.

She spoke about the Africa Cares Together Community of Practice, which brings together 19 care projects across 15 African countries to share knowledge, strengthen collaboration and advance solutions that improve the lives of women and girls.

She noted that the initiative is also working to build a common African position on care and amplify African care innovations in regional and global spaces.



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09/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW: CARE ECONOMY LEARNING MEETING

“Unpaid care is both a human rights issue and a theological justice issue.”

Speaking on theological reflections on unpaid care and domestic work, Rev. Dr Elita Moyos grounded the care economy debate in the principle of human dignity and equality.

She reflected on the biblical teaching that every person, woman and man, is created in the image of God, challenging beliefs that place women as inferior or secondary to men.

She also emphasised that work is part of God’s design for humanity, meaning care and domestic work should not be dismissed or treated as less valuable.



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09/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW: CARE ECONOMY LEARNING MEETING

Government is bringing care support closer to women’s economic activities.

The Deputy Director in the Ministry of Women Affairs highlighted the Ministry’s Safe Market initiative as one practical response to the unpaid care burden.

She cited the Airplay Safe Market, which brings together a market, childcare centre, ECD centre and one-stop centre in one location.

The approach recognises that women’s participation in the productive economy is closely linked to access to safe and accessible childcare and support services.

By integrating these services into the market, the Ministry is seeking to enable women to work and earn while their children are cared for safely.



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09/09/2026

HAPPENING NOW: CARE ECONOMY LEARNING MEETING

“Unpaid care work is created by failures in public infrastructure.”

Senator Mlotshwa highlighted how gaps in healthcare, water, electricity, childcare and services for older persons push more care work onto households.

She noted that when public services fail, families, particularly women, absorb the cost through unpaid care.



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09/09/2026

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐖: 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐘 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

“It is an economic development issue. It is a policy issue as well.”

In her presentation, WLSA National Director Isheanesu Chirisa highlighted the need to move beyond viewing unpaid care as a women’s issue and recognise it as an economic and policy issue.

She emphasised the need for sustainable models that recognise, reduce and redistribute the burden of care, while considering how Zimbabwe can build social protection and economic systems that fairly value care work.



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