Women4Water Movement

20/08/2026

Water connects communities. It should never become a reason for communities to be placed at risk.

The Lake Kariba ferry disaster has brought into sharp focus the safety, infrastructure and mobility challenges faced by communities living around our water bodies.

Women4Water has issued a statement calling for safer systems, stronger accountability and infrastructure that protects—not endangers—the people it is meant to serve.

Read our full statement and join the conversation.



CCFD-Terre Solidaire AFD - Agence Française de Développement Fight Inequality Alliance- Zimbabwe Fight Inequality Alliance TCOE - Trust for Community Outreach and Education

18/08/2026

As part of the NANGO Regional NGO EXPO & Harare Winter School 2026, SWET also showcased Women4Water, our flagship women-led water advocacy movement.

Women4Water brings women and grassroots communities together to raise their voices on access to safe water, water justice and accountable service delivery. Through community dialogues and advocacy, we create spaces for women to influence decisions and demand solutions to water challenges affecting their families and communities.

Women’s voices. Community power. Water justice. 💧✊🏾

06/08/2026

05/08/2026

Let's go!

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We're going to be here. Please be sure to visit our stand, let us connect, learn and have fun celebrating each other!

31/07/2026

In the homes, on the streets, in conference rooms, the conversation is the same, the demands are the same...



Fight Inequality Alliance- Zimbabwe Fight Inequality Alliance AFD - Agence Française de Développement CCFD-Terre Solidaire TCOE - Trust for Community Outreach and Education

28/07/2026

Our infrastructure is old and dilapidated. Prepaid water meters are not a priority at the moment.



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Harare- On the floor of Parliament, the air was thick with the familiar scent of political hedging. But for Brighton Mazhindu, the Member of Parliament for St Mary’s, the stench wafting through his…

20/07/2026

1. Resilience is the 5am backache you don't complain about—because the queue at the borehole waits for no one.

2. Resilience is the calluses on your palms that have become softer than your government's promises.

3. Resilience is carrying 20 litres on your head and still having the neck strength to turn around and check if your child crossed the road safely.

4. Resilience is walking 6 kilometres with a bucket and still having the lung capacity to sing—because if you stop singing, you might start crying.

5. Resilience is bladder control. You drink less so your child can drink more. You learn to hold—water, tears, and frustration.

AFD - Agence Française de Développement CCFD-Terre Solidaire TCOE - Trust for Community Outreach and Education Fight Inequality Alliance- Zimbabwe Global Fund for Women UN Women Africa - ONU Femmes Afrique

06/07/2026

Pause. Breathe. Reclaim.

For two days last Thursday and Friday, we created a sanctuary for 10 phenomenal women—the backbone of our community and the Women4Water movement.
We know the reality: wake up before dawn, walk for water, care for the children, cook, clean, fetch again. The unpaid care work never stops. But for a few precious hours, we asked them to put down their heavy loads—physically and mentally.
We laughed. We shared meals. We held space for tears and for triumph. We reminded these fierce mothers, sisters, and leaders that their wellbeing is not a luxury—it is a necessity. You cannot pour from an empty bucket, and you cannot fight for water justice if you are running on empty.

To our 10 warriors: Thank you for trusting us with your time and your hearts. We see you. We value you. Now, go forth renewed.

💬 Drop a 💧 if you believe rest is a right, not a reward.


AFD - Agence Française de Développement CCFD-Terre Solidaire TCOE - Trust for Community Outreach and Education Global Fund for Women ActionAid Zimbabwe ACORD Burundi

26/06/2026

"It's just a bucket."
That's what people who have never queued for water will say.
But this bucket has carried more than water.
It has carried children who missed school because they had to fetch water before sunrise.
It has carried women who had to spend the night queing at water points.
It has carried girls who were harassed and assaulted on lonely paths to boreholes and taken advantage of by borehole marshals.
It has carried families through cholera outbreaks, dry taps and broken promises.
It has carried dreams delayed because hours spent searching for water are hours stolen from education, work, business and rest.
Water should never be a privilege determined by your postcode.
Yet every day, thousands of Zimbabwean women wake up not asking "What will I achieve today?" but "Where will I find water today?"
This is not resilience.
This is survival.
And survival should never become government policy.
Every empty bucket is a question.
Who failed to deliver the most basic human right?
Every full bucket is another question.
Why did someone have to suffer just to fill it?
Water is more than infrastructure.
Water is health.
Water is safety.
Water is economic justice.
Water is dignity.
Until every household turns on a tap and clean water flows consistently, our work is not finished.
Because .


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