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NGO seeks gender responsive governance

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Hundreds of young women in the largely rural Shamva district will on Wednesday meet representatives from mining corporates, and local and government authorities to exchange notes on the contributions that corporates and government can make towards a gender responsive social service delivery

Hundreds of young women in the largely rural Shamva district will on Wednesday meet representatives from mining corporates, and local and government authorities to exchange notes on the contributions that corporates and government can make towards a gender responsive social service delivery (GRSSD).

Organised by Institute for Young Women’s Development (IYWD), a grassroots women empowerment NGO, the meeting is set to, among other things, provide a platform to probe how much the mining corporates in Shamva are meeting their tax obligations and how the local authorities are utilising revenue towards GRSSD.

The meeting, which is part of a series of engagements in the Mashonaland Central province, also seeks to promote synergies between communities, corporates and local and national government structures.

In a media brief, IWYD director Glanis Changachirere said the involvement of the rural women is meant to ensure their unique needs are included in policy making.

“The state of roads, water and medical facilities in rural, farming and mining communities in Zimbabwe are in a sorry state. These have been obviously being neglected due to their geographical orientation. It is however sad to note that unlike other members of the society, young women and girls in marginalised communities are mainly affected by poor social service delivery due to gender roles associated to them because, they are care givers, they mainly do all the house hold chores which require water and they are at the child bearing age, “said Changachirere.

“Mining companies are one of the biggest contributors to the council revenue bases, but some of them are dodging tax and not playing their social responsibility part, which impacts negatively on the state of social service delivery. Therefore, IYWD is hosting a Tax Justice Indaba”