She said women have been known to be at the lower end of the food chain but the bank recognises that women have big ideas which need funding. - Sithembiso Nyoni

Women have a spirit of servitude, ministry, providing for food and bringing solutions where there are no solutions. Women make things happen. It's important to be deliberate. It's a 'you and me' drive that says women matter. We make up 51 percent of the population so we can't continue to say women are disadvantaged.

Zimbabwe has made strides to ensure gender equality through the constitution, but we would like to make further strides through implementation as we still have impunity when it comes to recognition of the need for gender equality.

Sithembiso Nyoni, Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development of Zimbabwe, said in the presentation of the report that her country had adopted in 2013 a very progressive Constitution which incorporated gender equality and women’s rights.