WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2022: CALL TO ACTION
Citizens In Action Southern Africa (CIASA) joins the rest of the world to commemorate world mental health day which seeks to focus on ensuring mental
Rumors and misinformation around covid 19 poses unique challenges for people with disabilities and the Shangani speaking people
The spread of rumors and misinformation has become a global pandemic that has been largely driven by social media, gaps and barriers that exists when
Endangered species face extinction due to ongoing habitat loss: A case of Gladiolus zimbabweensis
Gladiolus zimbabweensis, a species of perennial herb in the family Iridaceae has very rapidly disappeared from many of the places from which it was known in the Manica highlands
CIASA calls upon Zimbabwean Parliament to accede to the 1984 adoption of the Convention against torture
The Citizens In Action Southern Africa submitted a petition to the Zimbabwean Parliament on the 20th of July 2022 calling on the Parliament to Accede
CIASA capacitates Chipinge community monitors to protect endangered species
Citizens in Action Southern Africa hold a two day community monitoring capacity building workshop on protection of endangered species on the 15th of July and
CIASA COMMEMORATES NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY
Citizens In Action Southern Africa (CIASA) joins the rest of the world to commemorate Nelson Mandela International day which was declared in recognition of Nelson
The Southern African community is made up of states that are seized by a plethora of problems in the areas of democratic governance as well as the rule of law.
Southern Africa is characterized by growing inequality and discrimination against women, youth, and people with disabilities and sexual and gender minorities, in the face of progressive national, regional and international laws and human rights instruments.
RECENT WORKS
The Southern African region faces many economic challenges that are adversely affecting its population. These include financial crises being experienced across the globe; increased unemployment for the region’s youth; rising inflation rates with almost all countries of the region recording double-digit inflation, pushing up the cost of living; the scramble for natural resources and land by developed countries, dispossessing local communities and stripping them off their livelihoods
CIASA believes that every child deserves clean water. Our community-based approach gives us deep roots in the community.
CIASA works with children, including the most vulnerable, help with access to quality education and attainment of functional levels of literacy, numeracy and essential life skills. When children can read, they can better advocate for their rights and help provide for their families..
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Mandated to Protect, Develop and Empower women and girls in their diversity for the full realization and enjoyment of rights by all.
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Some Commissioners of @ZECzim dissociate themselves from the draft delimitation report at the last minute.
A functional #ZEC is a pre-requisite for holding credible elections in #Zimbabwe.
Delimitation is way overdue and the last one was done in 2007 and is outmoded
A letter from Dr Madhuku alleging that the draft delimitation report submitted to president Mnangagwa was signed by only 2 Commissioners and not all, reinforces the perception of strong divisions within @ZECzim that is a bad omen for harmonise
3The organization has been established by a group of women activists coming together in recognition and belief that the organization can make a significant and positive impact in Southern Africa and beyond the region. The CIASA formation was therefore meant to tackle important issues at a scale where it can achieve significant and measurable impacts.
To protect, develop and empower women and girls in their diversity for the full realization and enjoyment of rights by all.