Zimbabwe Women's Bureau

The Zimbabwe Women's Bureau (ZWB) is a Zimbabwean women's NGO established in 1978.^[1]

ZWB started as an effort by black Rhodesian academics, activists and businesswomen to "raise the awareness of women in the country, especially black women".^[2] To escape censorship by the Rhodesian Front, ZWB used churches as meeting places, portraying their activity as prayer groups. After independence, their survey of women's perspectives was published as a book, We Carry A Heavy Load.^[1] As a branch of the National Farmer's Association of Zimbabwe, the Women's Bureau sponsored workshops and training sessions for women farmers.^[2]

Publications

Black Women in Zimbabwe. Harare, June 1980
Kate McCalman, We Carry a Heavy Load: Rural Women in Zimbabwe Speak Out. Harare: Zimbabwe Women's Bureau, 1981
We Carry a Heavy Load, Part II. Harare: Zimbabwe Women's Bureau, 1992

References

^ ^a ^b Sylvester, Christine (2002). Feminist International Relations: An Unfinished Journey. Cambridge University Press. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-0-521-79627-9.
^ ^a ^b Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). "Zimbabwe Women's Bureau". Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.

External links

Zimbabwe Women's Bureau website

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[Sylvester2002-1] Sylvester, Christine (2002). Feminist International Relations: An Unfinished Journey. Cambridge University Press. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-0-521-79627-9.

[Sheldon2005-2] Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). "Zimbabwe Women's Bureau". Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.

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