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Khupe wins African Achievers Award for Women Empowerment and Democracy: Photos
28 Feb 2012 at 07:28hrs | Views
Thokozani Khupe, the MDC Vice President who is also Zimbabwe's Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) has been awarded the African Achievers Award for service to Democracy and Women Empowerment.
Previous recipients of the award includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Khuphe was competing with Malawi's deputy president Joyce Banda and other power brokers in Africa.
Since her appointment as the DPM in February 2009, Khupe has set her focus on improving the quality of life of women and has been at the forefront of the 50/50 representation in Parliament.
It is her belief that unless women are represented in Parliament, their issues will remain unresolved.
Issues such as gender budgeting and access to equal opportunities can be addressed if women are equally represented in Parliament since this is where budgets are passed and laws are made.
DPM Khupe held the first ever Women's Economic Development Summit that was supported by many non-governmental organizations such as SIDA, CIDA, USAID, DFID and Netherlands Embassy.
Previous recipients of the award includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Khuphe was competing with Malawi's deputy president Joyce Banda and other power brokers in Africa.
Since her appointment as the DPM in February 2009, Khupe has set her focus on improving the quality of life of women and has been at the forefront of the 50/50 representation in Parliament.
Issues such as gender budgeting and access to equal opportunities can be addressed if women are equally represented in Parliament since this is where budgets are passed and laws are made.
DPM Khupe held the first ever Women's Economic Development Summit that was supported by many non-governmental organizations such as SIDA, CIDA, USAID, DFID and Netherlands Embassy.
Source - Byo24News
