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Resolutions made at the Harare/Mashonaland female students' summit
Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU)
November 08, 2010
On the 5th of
November 2010 ZINASU held a female student summit for Harare and
Mashonaland provinces at YWCA in Kambuzuma under the theme: "Amplifying
the female students' voice in the students' struggle."
The summit was
held as per the resolutions made at the ZINASU general council meeting
held at Vashandiri training centre in Gweru on 22 May 2010. This
summit was also as a result of the research which was going on in
the gender and human rights office. The research objective was to
find the reason why female student participation in activism is
retarding.
The Provincial
summit was graced by his Excellency the Ambassador of the Czech
Republic; Lucy Mazingi (Director YET); Beatrice Savadye (SAYWHAT
Information and Advocacy officer) and 66 female students from Harare
and Mashonaland provinces respectively attended this event.
The resolutions
that came out of the summit were as follows:
- The female
students agreed to enhance the Fresh Start by January 2011 Campaign
through advocating for the reopening of the Halls of Residence
at the University
of Zimbabwe and the re-introduction of the grants and loan
system.
- A letter
must be written to the Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe in
request for sanitary wear for female students at institution of
higher learning.
- No to March
intake Campaign to be launched at Chinhoyi University of Technology
to avoid congestion of students at the Institution.
- A gender
officer to be employed in the secretariat.
- Issue gender
publication at least once per month.
- To push for
a constitution amendment that provides for an equal representation
of male and female students in all ZINASU positions of leadership
at the next ZINASU congress.
The provincial
female summit set to be held in Manicaland Friday 12 November 2010
and Midlands on Sunday the 14th of November 2010.
Meanwhile a
gallant and fearless cadre Tinashe Lenin Chisaire the UZ SRA spokesperson
was arrested and beaten by University security officers when he
approached the Deputy Dean to inquire on the SRC elections at the
institution.
Visit the ZINASU
fact
sheet
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