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Artists for Democracy holds Peace Concert
The PVF attracts hundreds of spectators at the 2012 NGO Expo during a live perfomance by Artists for Democracy. This is an edutainment platform used by various NGOs to stimulate public debate on issues in line with the Expo theme. 2012 ‘s theme was coined in relation to the 50th anniversary celebration by NANGO.Artists for Democracy in Zimbabwe Trust (ADZT) held the NGO Expo Road show and Peace concert on the 5th of September 2012. The activity was conducted in two parts whereby the morning session was a roadshow in the Harare CBD mainly targeting bus terminuses such as Copacabana, Market Square, Charge Office and 4th street. This was done using a roadshow advertising truck roving around town playing music and an MC chanting out messages of peace. The selected roadshow bus terminuses are where most people catch their transport and drop off point; this was a mobilization strategy to invite people to the main concert later in the day. The concert then began in the afternoon at 1pm at the Harare gardens main stage, where artists performed preaching messages of peace. Lined artists were Zvido zvevanhu traditional dance group, Dino Mudondo and Sniper.
Action 2015 Campaign: Bulawayo stakeholders join in
Scores of Bulawayo residents took to the streets to galvanise support for pro-poor goals and targets post Millennium Development Goals(MDGs). The March held on the 25th of February was organised by the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO) supported by Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions(ZCTU) as well as the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC). Civil society and government representatives also took part in the march. The MDGs are a development framework developed by the United Nations in 2000 and given a lifespan of fifteen years. They come to the end this year and a new set of goals called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) is expected to be rolled out. Given this background, Leonard Mandishara of NANGO highlighted the imperativeness of governments all over the world to adopt goals and targets which will address and reduce high poverty. He said poverty is characterised by high levels of unemployment and consistent food insecurity. With Bulawayo facing an unprecedented closure and/or relocation of comapnies and industries, tens of thousands have been left jobless. This has further plunged Bulawayo residents into further poverty as the industry has always been the backbone of Bulawayo labour force. Barbara Tanyanyiwa from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions(ZCTU) bemoaned the failure by the ciuntry to meet most of the MDGs especially on the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.”The country has registered an increase in formal unemployment which has seen a huge migration to the informal sector. This has negated attempts of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. Many people are living below the poverty datum line and the closure of industries have dealt us a hard blow,”she said. She further expressed concern of the number of graduates churned by universities every year who continue to lack employment opportunities and said the post 2015 program should assist governments to provide jobs. There was a general conviction among women that the country is still lagging behind on the targets to meet the gender equality and empowerment of women. Though there is a semblance of gender priority at primary and secondary education, there exist disparities at the tertiary level.The women lag behind their counterparts in holding positions of responsibility at most work places, for instance, at schools one will find that most of the teachers are women but on the other hand most of the heads are males and this is not good since women are not being promoted to hold positions of responsibility. Stakeholders added that the issues of unemployment , right to demonstrate, harassment by the police on informal sector players ad issues of addressing child rape need to be addressed by the post 2015 program. The voices of the different players espoused during the march shall consolidated into a document which shall be sent to government for consolidation
Action 2015 Campaign: Bulawayo stakeholders join in
Scores of Bulawayo residents took to the streets to galvanise support for pro-poor goals and targets post Millennium Development Goals(MDGs). The March held on the 25th of February was organised by the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO) supported by Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions(ZCTU) as well as the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC). Civil society and government representatives also took part in the march. The MDGs are a development framework developed by the United Nations in 2000 and given a lifespan of fifteen years. They come to the end this year and a new set of goals called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) is expected to be rolled out. Given this background, Leonard Mandishara of NANGO highlighted the imperativeness of governments all over the world to adopt goals and targets which will address and reduce high poverty. He said poverty is characterised by high levels of unemployment and consistent food insecurity. With Bulawayo facing an unprecedented closure and/or relocation of comapnies and industries, tens of thousands have been left jobless. This has further plunged Bulawayo residents into further poverty as the industry has always been the backbone of Bulawayo labour force. Barbara Tanyanyiwa from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions(ZCTU) bemoaned the failure by the ciuntry to meet most of the MDGs especially on the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.”The country has registered an increase in formal unemployment which has seen a huge migration to the informal sector. This has negated attempts of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. Many people are living below the poverty datum line and the closure of industries have dealt us a hard blow,”she said. She further expressed concern of the number of graduates churned by universities every year who continue to lack employment opportunities and said the post 2015 program should assist governments to provide jobs. There was a general conviction among women that the country is still lagging behind on the targets to meet the gender equality and empowerment of women. Though there is a semblance of gender priority at primary and secondary education, there exist disparities at the tertiary level.The women lag behind their counterparts in holding positions of responsibility at most work places, for instance, at schools one will find that most of the teachers are women but on the other hand most of the heads are males and this is not good since women are not being promoted to hold positions of responsibility. Stakeholders added that the issues of unemployment , right to demonstrate, harassment by the police on informal sector players ad issues of addressing child rape need to be addressed by the post 2015 program. The voices of the different players espoused during the march shall consolidated into a document which shall be sent to government for consolidation
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