The Lives of Women in Zimbabwe

Women's living authors in Zimbabwe, South Africa Adro James wrote my big hope for African women is "to become their own one day, so I choose to write." The world occupies the right place, female writers, visual artists, and musicians draw the process of this struggle in various works of art. Through prose, poetry, theater, sculpture, painting, music and many other forms, African women talk about their minds and share their views on their lives and society.

Zimbabwe is a country suffering from poverty and disease. Even though there are natural resources such as gold, copper, iron and lithium, 68% of the population lives below the poverty line. Because the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank compensates for the deficit in the budget and invests a lot of money to lead to overinflation, 80% of Zimbabwe's people are out of work and even people employed are decreasing their incomes I will. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also reduced support for Zimbabwe as Zimbabwe refused to implement the International Monetary Fund Reform (CIA World Factbook) because he was unable to repay past loans. However, it is also claimed that past reforms by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hurt Zimbabwe and only exacerbate poverty.

As mentioned above, HIV / AIDS is a nationwide epidemic in Zimbabwe. In 2001, Zimbabwe estimates that an estimated 8 million people live with HIV / AIDS, accounting for 24.6% of the total adult population (CIA World Factbook 2008). Basically this means that one out of four adults suffer from HIV / AIDS, and since then, there are few signs of progress in Zimbabwe. It is tragic in itself, but some of the things mentioned earlier in this article have periodic effects. As already mentioned, HIV / AIDS often makes people sick, can not work, loses mothers and fathers. This means that more people live in poverty and that more families have to send children to work instead of education. Generally, this also leads them to become poor in their adult life. The inability of HIV / AIDS and its medical system to respond is a major factor in Zimbabwe's poverty cycle (AVERT 2008).