the Manicaland FGD clarifies that memorialization does not put food on the table,
rather give me back my livestock that you stole when you were beating me. That is what
is important. Respondents in Mashonaland West between the ages of 16 – 35 did not
see compensation as very important. Those aged 65+ in the same province echoed their
younger colleagues opinions with 57.1% saying that compensation was not important.
Interestingly 50% of respondents between the ages of 46 – 55 in Mashonaland Central
and 36 - 45 in Mash west responded that reform of security and judicial sector was not
very important.
Female Responses to Special
Attention to Women Victims,
Survivors and their Dependents
Very
Important
52%
Not Very
important
48%
Figure 1 Female response to Special Attention to Women during & after Human Rights Violations
Despite being an established fact that women are exposed to more violence than men
during major conflicts, 48% of female respondents deemed it not very important to pay
special attention to women during and after human rights violations.
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