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Inside/Out with Jenni Williams co-ordinator of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
Kubatana.net
January 24, 2006

Describe yourself in five words
Resourceful; driven to push boundaries

What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?
A friend gave me a pendant with the following prayer: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I
cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference." This prayer
has been my compass and seen me through many a dilemma

What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever done?
Midnight dips with friends in the Bulawayo Fountain during my teenage years. Mind you, in the present
circumstances of no water I could see myself and WOZA women going for a bath there!

What is your most treasured possession?
At the moment - my skipping rope. It was my Martin Luther King biography but Air Emirates lost my luggage and the book

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
This last Christmas with my husband and children on another continent

Do you have any strange hobbies?
Skipping; getting arrested; reading Mills and Boon, driving long distances at odd hours

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Freckles and I have hair and lots of it. Keeping it looking neat and tidy is my constant nightmare

What is your greatest extravagance?
Eating yoghurt

What have you got in your fridge?
Yoghurt, powdered milk, margarine and jam. Oh and I did buy some Borewors sausages to cook for supper
today but decided on 2 minute noodles instead.

What is your greatest fear?
That politicians will cut a 'deal' and Zimbabweans, tired from daily suffering will accept second best putting us back to a 1980 scenario. Will I and the women of WOZA still have the energy to carry a struggle through to bring a socially just Zimbabwe?

What have you got in your pockets right now?
Not wearing anything with pockets

What is your favorite journey?
The one that takes me to my children in the United Kingdom. My worst is driving Bulawayo to Harare and back within 24 hours

Who are your heroes in real life?
My husband Michael and my mother. Also Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King and Aung San Suu Kyi.

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