Shaping their own Development 'My environment is the basis of my economy and my total survival.
Women also collect natural medicines, fuelwood and water for their families.
Nearly all of these daily necessities come from natural resources. A recent study showed that Zimbabwean rural women are more knowledgeable about different tree species than men, due to their harvesting of fruit, wood and fodder. They also named 18 exotic and 36 indigenous tree species that they had planted or protected on their lands. We must choose women to be leaders so that it encourages other. Due to the traditional dominance of men in their society, women are excluded from decisions concerning land use and natural resource management.