President of the Senate and leader of women’s league, Hon Mabel Chinomona has encouraged professional women in various business entities to join politics so as to represent the needs of marginalised women in rural areas.
Her sentiments came after a lot of women nowadays don’t want to associate themselves with politics because they suspect that they may lose their “lives” .
Speaking during a breakfast meeting with professional women in collaboration with Women in Politics Support Unit {WIPSU} in Harare today, Chinomona urged business women to join politics so that they serve voiceless women who reside in rural communities.
“My key message is encouraging professional women. They should come and join politics because this is where they should serve the people and serve those who are voiceless because as a woman the person who understands women’s problems are women.
“So for a long time professional women have never liked to join politics so l initiated that we should have this meeting so that we encourage each other to join and see what their partners are doing.
“This is what l was asking for every professional woman to think of those who are waiting for your service so that at least you will work on behalf of them and they advocate for the development of rural areas because its only a woman who understands basic needs of a woman and family,” she said.
Meanwhile, Minister of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa who was accompanying Cde Chinomona said when they fought the liberation war they wanted to ensure that everyone was free to exercise their freedom despite their gender, political affiliations and age.
“When we go to the liberation struggle we were fighting for the freedom of everyone so all women should not think in terms of parties however they should think about women of Zimbabwe first, what is that we can do to develop our country,” said Mutsvangwa.
Mabel Chinomona served in Parliament since 1990. Before that she worked in Local Government, and was a guerilla fighter, fighting for the freedom of Zimbabwe.
She fought alongside other female comrades, like the likes of Hon. Minister Oppah Muchinguri and Hon. Minister Monica Mutsvangwa.
