Despite repeated pledges to promote gender parity in politics, women are dramatically underrepresented among candidates for July's elections.
People cheer during a demonstration demanding the resignation of former president Robert Mugabe in November 2017, Harare. Photo: NurPhoto/SIPA USA/PA Images.
Ten years ago, Jennifer Chirenda decided to run against her husband in local council elections in the rural district of Murewa, fewer than 150 km from Zimbabwe’s capital city Harare.
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