Tag: Tadiwanashe Burukai-Matutu

Womandla Launches Vernacular SRHR Glossary

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa To break down language barriers in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Zimbabwe’s Womandla Foundation has launched the country’s first-ever vernacular glossary of SRH terms. The initiative aims to make SRHR information more accessible to rural communities, helping people better understand programs and services that affect their health and well-being. Speaking in an interview with HealthTimes, Womandla Foundation Executive Director, Tadiwanashe Burukai-Matutu, said barriers relating to language were significant. At Womandla Foundation, we have always known that language is power. Being based in a rural community,…

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Zimbabwe SRHR Champions for 2022

Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE has over the years made significant strides in terms of advancing Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services to a number of people from different age groups. However, despite the progress that has been made, there still remains some unfinished business that need to be faced head on in order to ensure equitable access to SRH services. Some of the unfinished business hindering Zimbabwe’s progress towards attaining SRH targets include rape or sexual abuse, Gender Based Violence (GBV), teen pregnancies, early child marriages, poor access to sanitary health and lack of…

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Zvishavane Commemorates Day Of The African Child

Healthtimes

VARIOUS stakeholders including children from Zvishavane Rural and Runde district recently converged in Zvishavane to commemorate Day of the Africa Child. By Staff Reporter  The event was held under the theme, “Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children,” and was preceded by a march from Mandava bus terminus to Mandava high school in Zvishavane under police escort and drama majorities. Womandla Foundation Executive Director, Tadiwanashe Burukai Matutu said it was encouraging to see children from both urban and rural settings honoring and remembering this historical day. Zvishavne district came together under the…

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WoMandla Foundation Spearheads Girls Participation In 2022 National Budget Consultations

Michael Gwarisa

WoMandla Foundation, a women led, women serving and women focused organization operating in Zvishavane, Midlands province  has embarked on an initiative to have girls and young women participate in pre-budget consultative meetings ahead of the forthcoming 2022 Zimbabwe National Budget presentation. By Michael Gwarisa Through a campaign dubbed the Show Us the Money for Health, WoMandla Foundation is sensitizing girls in Zvishavane,Mberengwa, Mashava, Shurugwi and Masvingo on the current state of healthcare domestic financing in Zimbabwe and why there is need to meet the Abuja Declaration target of allocating at…

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