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Women can do it! - Election press statement
The Women's Trust
April 09, 2008

During the August 20-21 2007, Women Can Do It! Conference, with the theme "Setting Our Agenda for Participation in Political Decision Making in Zimbabwe", more than 450 participants who represented 150 organisations nationwide declared that, as women of Zimbabwe:

• Communique Article 8. We call for a thorough and determined effort by government and civil
  society to inform women of their right to participate as voters in electoral processess;
• Communique Article 10. We condemn violence in campaigning and demand to have security as women
  and citizens;
• Communique Article 11. We call upon all the state organs of law and order to provide us with the full
  protection of the law;
• Communique Article 12 We refuse the use of our sons and daughters as instruments of violence by
  politicians without integrity.

From August 20 2007 to March 29, 2008 ... we pursued this agenda we set out for ourselves as women of Zimbabwe.

• We mobilised each other and we participated in the electoral process at all levels,
• We stood as Candidates in huge numbers and contested 53% of parliamentary seats even though we won only 14%,
• We now make up 33% of the senatorial seats
• We participated as voters on the 29th of March 2008

As 52% of the population, it is our right as female citizens to share our concerns regarding the failure to announce the results of the 2008 Presidential Poll. As women, we have the responsibility to plan for our children and families and the lack of information is making us live in limbo.

We voted and we have the right to be informed of the results of our vote at the earliest possible time. We call upon the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to anounce the results of the 2008 Presidential Poll. It has been more than a week now and women of Zimbabwe are saying...

Tichakateya nzeve ...Lokh' sithiye indlebe.

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