Abenhlanganiso ebona ngabesifazana eye Institute for Young Women Development (IYWD), imanyene lezinye inhlanganiso, sebesungule umkhankaso wokukhuthaza abesifazana abasesebatsha ukuthi baphatheke kwezombusazwe.
Inhanganiso le iyethule umkhankaso olesihloko esithi ‘Her Right of Way Give Way’ okhuthaza abatsha laba ukuba bethathe izikhundla eziphezulu kwezombusazwe.
Lumkhankaso uza ngemva komhlangano wabenhlanganiso ezilwela amalungelo abesifazane abasesebatsha ongenwe yiziphathamandla ezivele ezigabeni zonke ezilitshumi zelizwe.
Emazwini akhe ngesikhathi ekhulumisana lentathelizindaba emhlanganweni owenzelwe eMedia Centre, umqondisi we IYWD, uNkosazana Glanis Changachirere, uthe kungemva kwalomhlangano lapho kwaphuma khona lumbono wokukhuthaza abesifazane ukuba baphatheke labo kwezombusazwe.
Omunye wabaze emhlanganweni lo, ngumqondisi we Women Development Association in Zimbabwe yaseGwanda, uNkosikazi Juliet Nkiwane, othe abesifazana asebekhulile njengaye, balendima enkulu okumele bayidlale ukuthuthukisa asesebatsha ukuze baqunge isibindi sokuphatheka labo kwezombusazwe.
Lanxa lumkhankaso uqondane lokuthuthukiswa kwabesifazane, abe IYWD bathi bakubona kumqoka ukusebenzisana labenhlanganiso ezisebenzisana labesilisa.
Enye yalezinhlanganiso kungekhokhelwa nguMnu.Thomas Sithole, eye Plumtree Development Trust, esebenzela eziqintini ezibalisa iBulilima, Mangwe laphakathi kwedolobho lePlumtree.
Umqondisi wenhlanganiso yeMission to Live Trust esebenzelana leye Godlwayo Community Development Trust, uMnu. Nkululeko Tshuma, laye uthe kumqoka ukuba basekelwe kwezokuphatheka kwezombusazwe abesifazane asesebatsha.
Kunengi abafisa ukuba ngabe kuyalandelwa, kutsho umqondisi wenhlanganiso ye Community Youth Development Trust, emela ontanga emangweni weGwanda, esabelweni seMatabeleland South, uNkosazana Sichasisile Ndlovu.
Okumqoka, umaNdlovu uthi yikufunda okuhle okuthe kwenziwa yilabo asebengene kulezi zikhundla zaphezulu, okubi kungaze kwalandelwa.
UNkosazana Jacqueline Nkomo, isiphathamandla se Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD), ugcizelele esithi uyajabulela laye lumkhankaso.
Lumkhankaso wokukhuthaza ukuphatheka kwabesifazane abatsha kwezombusazwe, wenziwa ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Young Women Participation is Not a Priviledge But a Right ”.