Curated by FG Contributor Inaara Merani Female deminers in a minefield in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. December 5, 2022. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Farai Shawn Matiashe. Photo via Context. A group of women in Zimbabwe are working to clear mines in the eastern part of the country, where former British colonial rulers laid millions of anti-personnel landmines during the 1970s Liberation War. Employed by the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) humanitarian group, these women are helping to reduce injuries and deaths caused by these mines, and restore empty and idle land.
Global Roundup: Zimbabwe Mine Sweepers, Barbados Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relationships, Decreasing Maternal Mortality, Brazilian-American Sculptor Reclaiming Women’s Agency, Queer Artivism in Tbilisi
Global Roundup: Zimbabwe Mine Sweepers…
Global Roundup: Zimbabwe Mine Sweepers, Barbados Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relationships, Decreasing Maternal Mortality, Brazilian-American Sculptor Reclaiming Women’s Agency, Queer Artivism in Tbilisi
Curated by FG Contributor Inaara Merani Female deminers in a minefield in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. December 5, 2022. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Farai Shawn Matiashe. Photo via Context. A group of women in Zimbabwe are working to clear mines in the eastern part of the country, where former British colonial rulers laid millions of anti-personnel landmines during the 1970s Liberation War. Employed by the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) humanitarian group, these women are helping to reduce injuries and deaths caused by these mines, and restore empty and idle land.