The Constitution outreach process has been extended to give more time for public consultation, and the COPAC teams will be in Harare and Bulawayo on the 18th and 19th of September 2010.

The Women’s Coalition has issued an alert calling on women and women’s organisations to participate in the remaining outreach meetings, reporting that:

COPAC statistics reveal that although women attending outreach meetings total 38 percent compared to men at 42 percent, women did not participate actively by speaking out at meetings. On average, women account for a small only 14.6% ONLY of the speakers at Outreach meetings. This means that our issues have not been articulated adequately.

We are encouraging you to reach out to the surbarbs where you have traditionally worked and has a constituency. Sit down with the women and make sure that they speak from beginning to the end of the meeting. We need all our issues in the constitution.

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