Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe Podcast Channel

Episode 1 - Interview with Rita Nyampinga
WCoZ Board Member & Labour Activist

Former trade unionist, Rita Nyampinga, speaks about her experiences in the labour movement in the mid-2000s. Ms. Nyampinga worked for ---- for over 20 years & was fired in 2004 after taking part in a strike aiming to force her employer to pay 6 months of unpaid wages & improve working conditions.

Following this labour dispute, Ms. Nyampinga joined the women's movement in Zimbabwe to address gender inequality in the workplace. She explains that Zimbabwean men are better able to engage in migrant labour as they have better access to official documents such as passports & dominate the natural resource sectors. In contrast, women dominate in the informal economy & still bear primary responsibility for childcare & maintaining the household.

Interview by: Amber Minnings and Mola Shahsavari

Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe, Rita Nyampinga, Mola Shahsavari, Amber Minnings, women’s rights, labour, workers rights, human rights, Zimbabwe, international development, WCoZ, gender equality, politics, economics