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Mutare, Zimbabwe – More than half of the 6.5 million registered voters set to cast their ballots in Zimbabwe’s hotly contested presidential, local municipality and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, are women.
Despite dominating the voter population, women have been reduced to mostly cheerleaders in the political landscape.
In June, when the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced 11 presidential candidates, there were no women. In 2018, there were four female candidates.
Two female presidential candidates, Elisabeth Valerio of United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) and Linda…
