Report of the 2015 International Women’s Day Stakeholder Commemorations  What can we do if a man is sexually abused by a woman 0783 461 338  What are the boundaries of women’s rights in the household? 0777 340973  What can I do if my husband is refusing to give me a chance to go back to school? 0772 732 577 5. Engagement Seminar Proceedings a) Participants The seminar was attended by a total of 80 participants drawn from amongst others, , fellow independent Commissions, Government line ministries, Civil Society Organisations, Media and Tertiary institutions and ZHRC secretariat Commissioners. The Guest of Honour for the event was the Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Honourable A. Damasane. Journalists representing some media houses attended the event. These included The Herald Newspaper, ZBC TV, Zi FM Radio, The Flame Newspaper, The Zimbabwean Newspaper, Harare News and a few freelance journalists. b) Introductions Introductions were facilitated by the Master of Ceremonies, Mr E. Mukutiri, The Deputy Executive Secretary for Programmes. There were self - introductions by participants. c) Welcome Remarks The Executive Secretary, Ms J.H Charewa gave the welcome remarks to participants at the Seminar. In her remarks she welcomed participants to the event which sought to highlight women’s issues globally focusing on their achievements. It was indicated that the Commemorative Engagement Seminar aimed to take stock of the effectiveness of measures adopted to promote rights of women and girls in the country since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and recommend actions to achieve gender equality in all spheres of life. The Executive Secretary highlighted the other events that ZHRC had undertaken to commemorate IWD as already reported Page 7 of 17 explaining the objectives of