{"id":11205,"date":"2021-07-29T05:03:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T05:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2021-07-29T05:03:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T05:03:17","slug":"the-network-of-african-business-women-zimbabwe-thematic-dialogue-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/womens-economic-and-social-advancement-highlight\/the-network-of-african-business-women-zimbabwe-thematic-dialogue-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Network of African Business Women Zimbabwe Thematic Dialogue Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4679\" style=\"width: 608px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4679\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-4679 \" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27598%27%20height%3D%27398%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20598%20398%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27598%27%20height%3D%27398%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NABW-Event-1-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"398\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Participants of Network of African Business Women (NABW) Zimbabwe event.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cCOVID -19 brought new challenges and changed the way we do business. However, we should not forget that some businesses thrived because of it, and new ideas also formed. So while we try to cope and navigate the pandemic, let us also work on reinventing ourselves. Find new ideas and business opportunities in these difficult times,\u201d Cathrine Dzingire, Gender Consultant in Zimbabwe. Ms Dzingire spoke at a recent workshop hosted by the Network of African Business Women (NABW) Zimbabwe in Harare. The event had three main objectives, namely:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reflect on the strategic achievements and the Network Growth Path for guiding the future development and membership growth of NABW Zimbabwe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Present findings from a study commissioned by NABW Zimbabwe with the support of the GMT on the impacts of COVID-19.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To present a work plan and road map of future milestones for NABW Zimbabwe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Key speakers for the day were Dr. Hesphina Rukato (Chairperson NABWZ Board), Mr. Absolom Masendeke (Board member and NGP expert), Ms. Cathrine Dzingire (Gender Consultant), Mrs. Moira Ngaru (Consultant), and Mrs. Junior Muchuchu (Ministry of Women Affairs Community Small and Medium Enterprises).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4680\" style=\"width: 637px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4680\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-4680 \" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27627%27%20height%3D%27419%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20627%20419%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27627%27%20height%3D%27419%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nabw-event-2-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"419\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Participants at the Network of African Business Women (NABW) Zimbabwe event.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The workshop served as a platform for interaction as women discussed the challenges they faced in their different areas before and during the pandemic. Challenges included the exclusion of women in decision-making and leadership positions, lack of responsiveness of policies during the pandemic, and the lack of access and knowledge on digital technology so that women can cope.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBeing a woman is tough. You have to be a mother, business owner, wife, daughter and wear so many hats, with so many expectations but let\u2019s do it with pride. We are women, and no one does it better than us,\u201d &#8211; Dr. Hesphina Rukato, Participants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The discussions were in line with Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust (GMT)\u2019s mandate to economically empower women and ensure they are represented in leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was compiled by Cathrine Dzingire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cCOVID -19 brought new challenges and changed the way  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[292,95],"tags":[570,92,571,94,572],"class_list":["post-11205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-womens-economic-and-social-advancement-highlight","tag-cathrine-dzingire","tag-covid-19","tag-gender-consultant","tag-graca-machel-trust","tag-network-of-african-business-women-nabw-zimbabwe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}