💡📢 This year's 3rd Zimbabwe Youth Symposium on DRR will feature
📌10 young researchers
📌10 evidence based studies
These studies will provide evidence to support policy dialogue & demonstrate the role of young people as knowledge producers in strengthening DRM policy&practice
58% of young women and girls globally have experienced online harassment. The impacts of #TFGBV are severe:
- Mental health crises
- Forced self-censoring & withdrawal from public life
- Escalation to real-life physical harm
#EndDigitalViolence#SafeOnlineSpaces
Today we hosted a Self-Care Session with women leaders using art therapy. WAG believes that Self-Care is crucial for holistic leadership. Participants expressed emotions via art in a nurturing safe space. #SelfCare
Closing off the week on a powerful note! WCoZ is proud to be exhibiting at the NANGO Regional NGO Expo & Winter School in Harare. It's an incredible opportunity to connect, learn, and amplify our shared mission of advancing the rights of all women and girls across Zimbabwe.
The Summit is now underway in Bulawayo as we not only reflect on the state of women in Zimbabwe but also caucus on our individual and collective strategies for moving the agenda ahead! @shdf https://t.co/un9GvAuIU2
Young people are usually the responders, innovators, and changemakers. From floods to pandemics, youth have stepped up, spoken out, and mobilized their communities. Let’s invest in youth-led solutions, protect their rights
#ActOnDRM#YouthInAction#YouthVulnerability@gp_zim
It's time to recognize and support the critical role women play in combating climate change. Together, through the #Women4ClimateJustice campaign, we can push for policies that empower women, protect our planet, and ensure a sustainable future for all🌱.
The SADC Protocol on Gender and Development recognizes Gender equality as a fundamental human right. Our high level engagement today is to influence the implementation of the Protocol within the sub-region to promote women empowerment and gender equality #SADCGENDERPROTOCOL
I'm all for youth inclusion in all spaces. The call to meaningfully include you might people in the Disaster Risk Reduction is a genuine one. The disasters affect us, too. Hence, we must also be consulted.
@ACTonDRMBill#ACTONDRR