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Gender Mainstreaming
In December 2023, MISA Zimbabwe held a
workshop in Harare as part of the 16 Days
of Activism to highlight and lobby for the
implementation of the African Commission
on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR)
Resolution 522 on the Protection of Women
Against Digital Violence in Africa.
Resolution 522 highlights that “digital
violence is increasingly gendered and
disproportionately affects women, through
inter alia, threats of sexual violence,
misogynistic disinformation campaigns and
‘revenge pornography…’”
Stakeholders were drawn from the Ministry
of Women’s Affairs, Community, Small
and Medium Enterprises Development,
Zimbabwe Media Commission, Gender
and Media Connect, Zimbabwe Gender
Commission, Zimbabwe Republic Police,
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, and
Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe and

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journalists from various media houses from
across the country.
The Resolution encourages member states
to undertake measures to safeguard women
journalists from digital violence, including
gender-sensitive media literacy and digital
security training.

It also calls on member states to facilitate
cooperation between law enforcement and
service providers to identify perpetrators
and gather evidence for online harms.
Zimbabwe’s Cyber and Data Protection Act
has provisions that deal with cyberbullying
and harassment. Such provisions are
progressive in terms of women’s rights
online.
Several women, particularly female
journalists and female politicians in

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