Zimbabwe Peace Project

August 2022

FACTSHEET

“Empowering YPwD
to Monitor & Document
Human Rights violations
affecting their Constituency”

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Fact Sheet

Text: The fact sheet puts forward key human rights issues which need urgent redress by stakeholders including government to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy their rights in Zimbabwe. With regards to the disability fraternity, ZPP notes with concern that there has been an increase in civil, political and socio-economic rights violations in the months of June and July 2022. Perpetrators of the human rights violations mapped include the ruling party, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Victims of human rights violations included Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Female PWDs made up 0.14% and male PWDs 0.13% percent of victims of socioeconomic and civil and political rights in the month of July. PWDs have continued to be a vulnerable constituency by being victims of violations to socio-economic rights they should enjoy.