Acknowledgments
This report was researched and written by Bethany Brown, Older Persons’ Rights
researcher in the Health and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Dewa
Mavhinga, senior researcher in the Africa Division, and Diederik Lohman, acting director of
the Health and Human Rights Division, conducted additional research for the report.
Diederik Lohman, Dewa Mavhinga, Janet Walsh, acting director of the Women’s Rights
Division, and Zama Coursen-Neff, executive director of the Children’s Rights Division
edited the report. Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor, provided legal oversight, and
Babatunde Olugboji, deputy program director, provided a programmatic review for Human
Rights Watch.
Matthew Parsons, associate in the Health and Human Rights Division, provided production
assistance and support. Layout and production were done by Olivia Hunter, photo and
publications associate; Jose Martinez, senior coordinator; and Fitzroy Hepkins, production
manager. Katherine D’Onfro, Alessia Frisoli, Jordan Lowmark, and Camryn Pearson, interns
in the Health and Human Rights Division, provided research support.
Human Rights Watch is grateful to Lucia Zanhi, Sally Dura, and Slyvia Chirawu, for
supporting this research. Zanhi, legal director at Legal Resources Foundation, and her staff
identified widows we interviewed and provided logistical support facilitating the travel of
older widows to interview locations; Dura, director of the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe,
organized a consultation that provided important insights into the situation of widows;
and Slyvia Chirawu of Women and Law in Southern Africa, Research and Education Trust,
generously shared her legal expertise and insights. We also appreciate the staff and
widows affiliated with the Widows Empowerment Trust, Southern Africa Crises
Management Agency, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development, Nhaka Afrikan
Worldview Trust, and the Pensioners Union Trust of Zimbabwe, who generously shared
their insights.
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