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It is International Women’s Day again and the theme this years is Be Bold For Change.
Our list is a bit controversial this year and we know a few will catch feelings but we have our reasons. The list is about women who have contributed to the national conversations making shifts in spaces for long dominated by men but it was groundbreaking action that turned the tide in many ways.
In this list you will find women who have managed to claim a space in the
Here we go:
Dr Grace Mugabe: This one will have many people catching feelings but we stick by it. For long, politics was polite and people rarely spoke about certain things in political circles. Noone blatantly accused the other of an indiscretion (look at we doing this calling it an indiscretion). She came in and roughed things up and unbundled our political discourse and now news companies hang onto her every word. You might not agree with her being the agent for it, for whatever reason, but going forward our conversations in politics can dare to be frank instead of being nicodemously.
Advocate Fadzayi Mahere: From a few social media posts to thousands hanging onto her words, this firebrand speaks her mind. You do not have to agree with her and while some of her opinions may be classed in the mainstream in their rhetoric she has emboldened people to speak their minds even when they are not encouraged to. And we hear she is quite feisty in her day job as well.
Jackie Mgido: Her work in the makeup game is well known. She does incredible work. What we speak very little of is her business acumen, in a tough economic environment she keeps doing work in Zimbabwe with her Vault Cosmetics brand. Her strategy is impeccable by our reckoning and her growth is a wonder to behold. Changing the conversation in how women of all classes see themselves.
Kuda Mupawose-Manyepxa: Those in the know will know her. If not they will understand her Feso hair care brand which has taken southern Africa by storm. Often, a traditional solution is taken by foreign companies and commercialised. Not with Kuda. She took a solution and allowed it to be commercially exploited by locals something many of her male counterparts who would rather sell the raw material have failed to do. Her work in making sure hair dressers are better taken care of by local and central government is understated.
Susan Makore: The AB Communications Chief Executive Officer has swept the boards in the last year picking up all sorts of honours not just as woman but as a leader in the industry. She commands respect in different spheres in the media space and her capacity to work with different partners allows her to take bold steps in changing perceptions of women in media.
Haru Mutasa: We geek on her work. We follow (wait we actually mean stalk) her Twitter. Some of the stories she has covered in changing the conversation around Zimbabwe is engaging. Look for her video on the fashionistas in Zimbabwe and how they are surviving the economic hardships in Zimbabwe. Some frank conversations there. It’s easy to simply point and shoot certain stories as they break. it is much harder to evolve the conversation.
Zimbabwe women’s sports teams: First we had the Mighty Warriors at the Olympics, the first time any Zimbabwean representative team of any sort had qualified outright for the Olympics (yes the Golden Girls made it to the 1980 games but this was after the USA had pulled out). They are the first football team from Zimbabwe to qualift for any world representative tournament at any level. Then they did the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations. Also add to that the Women’s cricket team which made it to the final qualifiers in Sri Lanka where they were stacked up against very strong teams with more organised setups. That they were there is no mean feat. And both groups change the conversation for young girls going forward.
Mary Taedzerwa: She was recognised at MTV Africa Music Awards for her work in advocacy against child marriage. We also have to mention Loveness Mudzure and Ruvimbo Tsopodzi victims of child marriages who took their case to the constitutional court which resulted in child marriages being outlawed in Zimbabwe.
Danai Gurira: We all know he for her work with the Walking Dead and her upcoming role in the Tupac Shakur biopic where she plays the slain star’s mother. Little is said about the work she has done with Almasi Arts for creatives in Zimbabwe. She has brought in some of Hollywood’s best talents to work with locals empowering them to take the next step in their quest for art. In all these initiatives there has a been a strong woman presence. She also serves as an ambassador for Bono’s ONE campaign, founder of Love Our Girls, an awareness campaign which sheds light on the injustices girls and women face all over the world, and is the co-founder of Almasi Arts, which works to give access and opportunity to the African Dramatic Artist.
Happy International Women’s Day.
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We know we missed a few but we were going with nine for this season. Please share in the comments section, women you believe are bold for change
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