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Zimbabwe: Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Women Human Rights Defenders at Risk

Publisher: Amnesty International

Publication Date: July 25, 2007

Copyright: 2007

Publisher Website: http://www.amnesty.org/

Language: en

Category: Zimbabwe, Women and Gender, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights, Sustainable Development


In Zimbabwe, the majority of human rights activists are women. Women fight for rights because they are often the ones who struggle to feed their children, pay for school fees and for healthcare. Even these basic necessities have become increasingly unaffordable to most households in the country’s ever deeper economic, social and political crisis.


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