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Zimbabwe tobacco farmer offers lifeline to survivors of gender violence

Zimbabwe tobacco farmer offers lifeline to survivors of gender violence

NYASHA CHINGONO AS the sweltering morning sun beat down on them, about half a dozen young Zimbabwean women stacked green tobacco leaves into sheaves while another group, some with babies on their backs, loaded the harvested crop onto a tractor. In a largely male-dominated sector, Michelle Gwatimba, 36, who runs this small farm 200 km (124 miles) north of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, is not only blazing a trail for women but also provides a livelihood for those who survived violence. "We realized in the settlements around the farm, where we get most of our staff, there was a lot of…
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