Zimbabwe: “The biggest hurdle that I faced was the exorbitant nomination fees that were very discriminatory to women. It’s misogyny. No one has the monopoly of leadership in this country,” says would-be presidential candidate lilomatic
The challenge was not only a problem of financing, as the fee to register as a presidential candidate rose to $20,000 for this year’s election, but that political parties failed to honour their pledges to field enough female candidates, according to Sitabile Dewa, the executive director of Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence .
“The final candidate list released by ZEC shows the two major political parties, Zanu-PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change both fieldedout of the total number of 210 National Assembly constituencies being contested,” Dewa tellsShe says the lack of female candidates is in clear violation of sections 17, 56 and 80 of the Zimbabwe constitution, which calls for gender equality in all sectors, including politics.
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