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PADARE/Enkundleni Men's Forum on Gender commemorates Human Rights Day
Padare/Enkundleni/Men's Forum on Gender
December 10, 2009

Padare/Enkundleni /Men's forum On Gender joins the rest of the world in commemorating the World Human Rights Day celebrated every year on the 10th of December.

This year's commemorations are running under the theme Youth Alliance for Democracy is proud to be part of the commemorations of this year's International Human Rights Day. This year's theme is: Dignity and justice for us all. This a befitting theme given the fact that there is a lot of human rights abuses which were perpetrated to innocent and unsuspecting innocent Zimbabweans as a result of political violence.

A lot of human rights abuses have taken place over the years in Zimbabwe and across the Globe. Women continue to be at the receiving end of violence, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse. We call upon men in society to refrain from causing untold suffering.

During the time of political troubles women have been subjected to all forms of abuse ranging from staying in bases together with men, being sexually abused and beaten up. This should be stopped and we make a clarion call to politicians of the day to desist from exposing women to all these forms of violence .

Men organized under the banner of Padare/Enkundleni Men's forum on gender will continue to strive for a gender just society where all men and women are treated equally and provided with the same opportunities in life.

We strongly believe that women's rights are human rights too and the fight for democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe is not complete without the realization of women's freedoms.

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