Robert Mafinyori

Sociologist, Social Justice Activist

[Aleta Miller @AletaFMiller]

Need some HOPE in your newscycle? Check out Young Women for Life. Transformation in action. Rights & hope, even in the harshest places. @unwomenSA @UNinSouthAfrica

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Young women leading! #YouthMonth

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Our partners from Eswatini are also attending UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office's gathering of its implementing partners where the organizations are exchanging best practices for executing their impactful work, changing the lives of women & girls in the SACU region.

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Let young women lead ✊🏾
Today our HIV/AIDS implementing partners from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia & South Africa visited Young Women for Life in Strand, Cape Town to learn from the group about their work facilitating community dialogs on topics such as teen pregnancy, GBV & HIV.

[Robert Mafinyori @robhizo]

@agribusiness110 Hi wadza. Can you please open your dm tipinde office.

[Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda @vanyaradzayi]

2/. Makorokoto: Ndeedu Tese

Many of you nurtured, mentored, advised, guided, supported, midwifed my professional journey.

I am conscious and grateful to many individuals, organizations, women & youth mvts, faith & cultural inst, girls, media, academia & gvts.

*Ndeedu tese*

[Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda @vanyaradzayi]

1/ *Makorokoto!! ndeedu tese*

In my culture, when there is a birth, and we say congrats, the response, *It's for us together*

This is deep. It means I am who I am because of you all. (Ubuntu). It takes a village to raise a child.

Thank you for the profound congrats messages.

[agshongwe @anneshongwe]

This is the best news for women of the world! @vanyaradzayi #Africa is excited at the power and hope you will bring to this role. 🙏🏾🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Robert Mafinyori @robhizo]

@vanyaradzayi @UNSG @antonioguterres @unwomenchief Makoroto makuru vatete @vanyaradzayi Wishing you all the best in your new role. Forward we keep moving.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Hearty congratulations to Zimbabwean lawyer Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda on her appointment as a United Nations Deputy Director.
These are inspirational stories for young Zimbabweans which show that with the right support and environment, they too will succeed.

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda's story is phenomenal.
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United Nations Statement
Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda of Zimbabwe - Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda of Zimbabwe as Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).  

The Secretary-General wishes to extend his appreciation to UN Women Director, Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Support, Sarah Hendriks of Canada, who will continue to serve as UN Women Deputy Executive Director ad interim, until Ms. Gumbonzvanda assumes her functions. 

Ms. Gumbonzvanda is the Founder and Executive Director for Rozaria Memorial Trust based in Zimbabwe. 

Prior to that, she served as the General Secretary of the World Young Women's Christian Association and United Nations Development Fund for Women Regional Programming Director in the East and Horn of Africa. 

She has also served in the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as the Human Rights Officer in Liberia and National Child Rights Adviser in Zimbabwe. 

Before joining UNICEF, she served as the Interim Coordinator for the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association and Assistant Law Officer at the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Constitutional Affairs of Zimbabwe, and was also appointed the first African Union Goodwill Ambassador on Ending Child Marriage.  

Ms. Gumbonzvanda holds a Doctor of Laws degree (Honoris Causa) from the University of Massachusetts, USA, a Master in Laws degree from the University of South Africa, Post Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation from the Uppsala University, Sweden, and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Zimbabwe.

Link to appointment statement
https://t.co/g2Kjsqznlv

[SACBC @_SACBC]

https://t.co/NHhKXLku4l The Secretary General of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has lauded the Justice and Peace Commission (JP) for assisting women and girls victims of violence in South Africa.

[agshongwe @anneshongwe]

Excellent to say the power of #youngwomenforlife movement @robhizo take a huge bow Mama Jaqueline Nzisabira keep pushing

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Happening now 🙌🏽

There is #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls. UN Women South Africa MCO, in partnership with @UNAIDS_ZAF, #YoungWomenForLife and the @NorAmbSA our host. The commemorative event will host an inter-generational dialogue on ending #GBV & #HIV.

#16Days

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Ending violence against women and girls is everybody's business:

🧡Government
🧡The private sector
🧡Development partners
🧡Traditional leaders
🧡Institutions of learning
🧡Religious institutions
🧡EVERYBODY.

The power end #GBV & #HIV is in our hands. #NoExcuse

#16Days ✊🏾🧡

[UNAIDS South Africa @UNAIDS_ZAF]

“We are here because of #16DaysOfActivism and we have just commemorated #WorldAIDSDay. The themes are #prevention and #communities and hence we must look at prevention of #gbv in #communities”, says @AletaFMiller, the head of @unwomenSA

[Puleng Letsie @PulengL]

Powerful panel discussion on Socio-Economic empowerment policies for HIV prevention among adolescent girls & young women: End Gender Inequalities to end AIDS...at @icasa2023 @LeboMothae @anneshongwe #Silindokuhle_Hlazo #Dudu_Simelane et al led by @TumieKomanyane & @vanyaradzayi

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

Happening now 🙌🏾

We are proud to be part of the #ICASA2023 discussions to deliberate strategies on formulating policies that empower young women and end inequalities & HIV.

[Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda @vanyaradzayi]

Come join in person or virtually.
#ICASA2023

[UNAIDS Eastern & Southern Africa @UNAIDS_ESA]

“We need a renewed strategy to prevent HIV that goes beyond the general treatment programs & re-focuses us on behaviour change & reaching communities with evidence-informed, multidimensional prevention programs” says @annshonge at @frontlineaids session @ICASA2023 on prevention

[UN Women South Africa @unwomenSA]

There is #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls.

Not even once. Not ever.

#16Days