Tola 'WiseTola' Onigbanjo  is cofounder of women4africa  and Founder of SolidWoman Wherever  or whatever or whenever women try this hard,Tola 'WiseTola' Onigbanjo will be there. Message of solidarity is below. I am looking forward to attending the first ever Zimbabwe Women Global Forum. I lend my support to what I believe is the start of something great. #ZimbabweMatters

Ossah Tiri Flynn`s Point of View Death, Grief and Bereavement  Living with the Aftermath of war in Zimbabwe. 1. Families and individuals are struggling to find relatives who disappeared. 2. Unknown civilians in shallow graves with no memorials. Remembrance and ceremonies  1.The bereaved need a Remembrance site to collectively mourn and reflect.  Politics of presentation 1. Research and collection of pictures and details of the sites, witness and narratives to be preserved in museums and galleries. The history and Memory studies to be updated.  There should be an intense debate on how the atrocities memories should be addressed. The victors and perpetrators of the worst crime in Zimbabwe should be public, guilt and shame should be felt.  Compare how Germany dealt with their wartime past 1945, was there guilt and how did German society deal with it? Did Germany apologise about the Holocaust?

By Muzvare Betty Makoni-MBM  Zimbabwe Women Global Forum Conference is by the corner happening in Central London on 26 January 2018 .  Women should be empowered to come together and organise a strong leadership that works with national government, all political parties and all people of Zimbabwe to find solutions to current economic challenges the country is facing.  We therefore decided to have solution focused approach because Zimbabwe debates, challenges, up and downs are way far too many and if we stick to those our energies will soon run out. We know the negative narrative of Zimbabwe.  T he Zimbabwe narrative is not new to us at all. We all know country was looted and destroyed. But what is the solution?  The country is in intensive care unit and for anyone who needs to support they should bring solutions and not problems. One should be innovative and creative about how they can help solve current crisis, conflicts, arguments and misundersta...

Zimbabwe Women Global Forum thanks Dr Brighton Chireka for a solidarity message below he sent to us. As women from Zimbabwe we applaud his passion and commitment to work to improve health systems in Zimbabwe. Our forum has a working group on Health and mental health and we will be attending all meetings and events organised by Dr Chireka. We are aware at this stage he is not around to attend our conference as an expert on health panel but we will get a lot of time to engage with him. Thank you Dr Chireka and best wishes on your trip in Zimbabwe. Below is message from Dr Chireka. Zimbabwe Women Global Forum We would like to commend you and wish you the best on your up coming forum. We, from the Zimbabwean Diaspora Health Alliance (ZDHA) welcome your initiative and would want to exchange notes and collaborate with you in strengthening our health system in Zimbabwe All the best From Dr Brighton Chireka ZDHA

Former Enfield Mayor and one of the most influential Nigerians in UK, Councillor Kate Anolue  is Keynote speaker at Zimbabwe Women Global Forum. Her topic will be, Whither to Zimbabwean and African women? Councillor  Kate  will share experiences of how  Nigerians managed situations back then  as they transitioned politically and economically. She will share lessons for Zimbabweans.  As one of the first women to study nursing in UK, she will share her personal experiences navigating between Nigeria and UK and how two lives for one woman living in foreign countries can build leadership in her.  Below is her bio and what she has achieved as a leader in UK and in her home country Nigeria. Councillor Kate, a mother of four, was widowed when her youngest was eighteen months, but she did not succumb to her grief, instead, she was determined to soldier on, and she understands fully the plight of widowhood and single parenthood, a role model ...

We represent  a fraction of Zimbabwean women, living in the diaspora and have been brought together by new developments in our mother land Zimbabwe.  Many of us waited for a "New Zimbabwe" to come. We are individuals and organisations uniting together to set our agenda on how to engage the current government  in  ensuring our knowledge, skills and experience we  have all acquired over the years are  shared for the development of our beloved country, Zimbabwe. The women in the diaspora have sustained  the economy and families back home by different means and through our remittances.  A recent study  shows  (if we can quote the study, that wld really be usefull) that diaspora is the biggest donor in Africa. But our most proud achievement is the mental resilience we have all built from the very day we left Zimbabwe as we struggled to be a part of the different cultures in foreign  lands.  Not withstanding the stres...

Programme Details  Date:26 January 2018  Venue:Church of Scientology, 146 QUEEN Victoria Street, EC4V 4BY(Paid Parking opposite Venue Time: 10 am (Prompt) Dress code: Strictly smart and formal wear Registration starts at 9 a.m   Registration closed as oversubscribed Zimbabwe Women Global Forum 1st Annual Conference  Whither to Zimbabwean Women in the Diaspora? Musha Mukadzi/Umuzi Omuhle wakhiwa ngumfazi 10.am Zimbabwe and UK National Anthems  10.05 am Words of Devotion and wisdom by Pastor Marceline Robinson Welcome remarks from Venue Hosts-Alina Sheider of Church of Scientology  10.10 Welcome remarks and introduction on work of Zimbabwe Women Global Forum from Selina Ruze-Interim Publicity Secretary  10.10 Report on status of Zimbabwean women in the Diaspora and Zimbabwe-Muzvare Hazviperi Betty Makoni-Interim Chair   10.50 am Presentation on Thematic Areas by Zimbabwean women le...

Zimbabwe Women Global Forum 1st Annual Conference in London,  UK  confirmed  Whither to Zimbabwean women in Diaspora post Mugabe era? Zimbabwe Women Global Forum unites all women from Zimbabwe in the diaspora for progress, unity, leadership, empowerment and development. We are united by our skills, experiences, knowledge, resilience and hard work. We are passionate about Zimbabwe, our home country and our contributions are not remittances only but skills and knowledge we acquired whilst abroad are shared for the betterment of our country. We work to support the government, the most vulnerable and those with potential for growth and development. We are the voice at all international platforms and we keep check on status of Zimbabwean women in the country and abroad. Our seven thematic areas are as follows and we meet every year to assess what is working, what is not working and how we can help to make things work 1. Health 2. Education 3. Go...