The year 2008 did not only bring hunger, starvation and suffering to the citizens of Zimbabwe but the genesis of the HIV/AIDS which saw the deaths of many people as there was no knowledge on how this could be cured or rather curbed from because...
What is meant by SRHR ? For those who don’t know what SRHR encompasses and means , lol don’t worry sis got you. This is an abbreviation which stands for Sexual Reproductive Human Rights ,it sates that individuals can make decisions about their sexual activity and...
Hie guys. My name is Yeukai Karen Sinamai and lm a student at the University of Zimbabwe. This blog is focusing on how bodily autonomy and integrity rights are infringed.Bodily autonomy is the right for a person to govern what happens to their body without external influence...
The practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a form of SGBV constantly discriminatory, unjust, a violation of human rights, and violates the principles of gender equality. FGM in Zimbabwe is most prevalent among the Shangani people and is usually done to young girls from...
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights cover a wide range of topics, Sexual rights may include the right to sexual education, freedom from sexual violence and coercion, or the right to decide whether or not to have children. Reproductive rights, on the other hand, can include...
HIV AND CONFIDENCE – Being a female student who is HIV positive attracts a lot of stigma and discrimination, the perception of society towards women with HIV is that of sexual promiscuity and carelessness. The fear of being stigmatized and discriminated against by society and their...
Over the past years, studies have shown that the number of female victim-hood to gender-based violence by the men and boys of our country is increasing at an alarming rate. This phenomenon has been hinged to various societal misconceptions and beliefs such as male dominance...
The year 2008 did not only bring hunger, starvation and suffering to the citizens of Zimbabwe but the genesis of the HIV/AIDS which saw the deaths of many people as there was no knowledge on how this could be cured or rather curbed from because...
The mental health of the Zimbabwean community at large has taken a questionable path since the advent of COVID-19. Confinements unleashed a variety of mental disorders that were so visible in the Zimbabwean Community, especially the youth community. Factors such as attention seeking, depression, stress,...
Growing up in the streets of the densely populated suburb of Mbare, Harare, chaos seemed to be the order of the day. Not a day would pass by not having witnessed our mothers and sisters harassed by the beggars seated on the roadsides. As if...