Zimbabwe's women demanding rights (web feature)

Index Number: AFR 46/025/2007
Date Published: 25 July 2007
Categories: Africa, Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, the majority of human rights activists are women. Women fight for rights because they are often the ones who struggle to feed their children, pay for school fees and for healthcare. Even these basic necessities have become increasingly unaffordable to most households in the country's ever deeper economic, social and political crisis.