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Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
March
22, 2012
The Movement
for Democratic Change Assembly of Women joins the world in commemorating
the International Day of elimination of racial discrimination. This
year's theme encompasses Racism and Conflict emphasising the
relationship between conflict and discrimination.
The continued
disparity between men and women is an urgent issue that requires
action as was adequately pronounced by men and women in Zimbabwe
during the constitutional outreach.
During the colonial
era, black people as a whole suffered subjugation under white rule.
Black women were ranked fourth after white males, white women and
black men. The boundaries of Racial Discrimination were theoretically
finally dismantled with the falling of the South African Boer regime
in 1994.
However, racism
persists in private institutions and work places, where it continues
to affect black women more than it does to men. In solidarity with
the women who suffered and are suffering racial discrimination,
we urge governments worldwide and everyone to play their role in
changing this world to be a better place that is safe, equal and
free from all forms of discrimination.
Gender injustice
and discrimination with regards to access and control of resources
is affecting sustainable development in Zimbabwe. There continues
to be feminisation of poverty and disease, as well as gender based
violence. Women have limited access to tools which enable them to
assert and enjoy their rights.
In this struggle
towards a new democratic Zimbabwe, the Assembly of Women of the
MDC, calls on democratic men and women, to ensure a Discrimination
free Zimbabwe in which there is no discrimination based on race,
sex, gender and political affiliation. As women fight for a new
Zimbabwe side by side with men, may a woman-biased affirmative action
be embraced in all future initiatives by a new democratic government,
towards equity and equality in a new, equal and democratic country.
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