Zimbabwe Peace Project
RESEARCH FINDINGS
The women in politics whom ZPP reached out to from the ten provinces of Zimbabwe
experienced VAWP in the form stipulated in table 1 below. A total of 591 VAWP related
human rights violations were recorded, some of which are gross human rights violations
which include rape (5), torture (13) and abductions (9).
Violations experienced
Count
Gender stereotyping
66
Body shaming
51
Character assassination
62
Sexist hate speech
43
Misogyny
16
Rape
5
Cyber bullying
34
Sextortion
16
Extortion
12
Sexual harassment
38
Assault
54
Verbal abuse
138
Abduction
9
Torture
13
Other
34
Total
591
Table 1: Number of VAWP related human rights violations documented
12