WOZA, Zimbabwe

Publication Date: 01 December 2011 Since February 2003, women belonging to the women's rights organisation Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have repeatedly been arrested by the Zimbabwe police while taking part in peaceful demonstrations to protest the worsening social, economic and human rights situation in the country. Since February 2003, women belonging to the women's rights organisation Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have repeatedly been arrested by the Zimbabwe police while taking part in peaceful demonstrations to protest the worsening social, economic and human rights situation…

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