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By Tendai Guvamombe.

Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) – Danangwe District Youth in Mining Corporative (DDYMC), a rising initiative to upscale youth activities through empowerment in Chegutu’s Mashonaland West Province became the first artisenal organisation to observe the International Women’s Day in the country making the momentus occasion historic in the area.

Information established by News Of The South reviewed that DDYMC is a pilot project which developed to a large indigenous gold mining firm with myriad activities taking place in the area and have managed to strike gender balance by empowering more than 500 women at the gold mine to this date.

In an interview with DDYMC Chairman, Stewart Lackford the mining firm in its diverse activities have taken cognoscenti of myriad challenges affecting women in the area and it is thier social responsibility in assuming a mandatory role to empower impoverished women in the society mainly the widowed and unemployed.

“As the major industry that has remained operational in Chegutu Community we have a huge role to honor the existence of women in our society most whom are impoverished due to circumstances beyond their control, such as family disintegrations, divorce, widowed”
“ In trying to emulate the vision of our first lady Mai Mnangangwa in all her endevours to uplift women in our country we have managed to empower more than 500 women with many designated to various managerial positions and we also want to distance our organization from those Amakorokoza who intensify sexual harassment and abuse on women ,” he reiterated.

Hilaria Simoyi the only lady in the advisory board said DDYMC have been striking some positive strides in areas of women emansipation and this have enabled widows to find employment to carter for their warfare and social being.

“At this mine many women especially the widowed and divorced have been empowered that they are now able to look after themselves, being able to carter for the basic needs, paying school fees for their children and I am glady to say that here women are treated as women , we have no record of women harassment on duty , even sexual assault, infact its a harmonious environment for us as women,” she said.

Juliana Mukakati a shaft owner said that she have been able to look after her family through earnings generated from mining activities ever since her husband get paralyzed.

“ I am a woman who is a hard worker, I have been empowered here at DDYMC, today as I speak my husband is paralyzed but I am able to look after him and our children getting enough school support through our mining activities,” she said.

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