Emma Zihonye
@emmazihonye
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Young Intellectual🌏 | Award Winning Photojournalist📸 | IAF 2025 | Accountability Lab film fellow 2024 | FNF Womentorship 2024 || UZ 🇿🇼
Harare, Zimbabwe
Joined July 2019
Happy to be exhibiting my pictures at Shoko Festival🎉 I’m showcasing women’s personal stories through photography using freedom of expression to bring their voices and experiences to light. 📸✨ #shokofestival #free2express
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We welcomed our muroora in style 🥳 When I posted the video on TikTok (300k views!), some were confused why we pereka muroora during the day. But what is culture? A system people follow without question? We make culture, culture doesn’t make us. Here’s my beautiful makoti ❤️
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The market is more than a place of trade ,it's now the pulse of our communities.
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When independent media thrives, democracy flourishes. Just wrapped up a two-day Southern Africa Media Summit, where we discussed press freedom, digital security, and the growing challenges of misinformation.Grateful to the FNF for over 40 years of supporting media in Zimbabwe.
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Counting down to that first drop...🌧 I can almost smell the rain already.
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I wrote this for Gender Links, showing that women’s leadership is limited not by ability but by cultural normslike in the case of Chief Silibaziso Mhlotswa. Laws alone can’t dismantle inequality; culture must evolve to reflect fairness and justice. https://t.co/bWGKQiR6q7
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62% of grape survivors in Zimbabwe are children aged 11–15. Literally CHILDREN and people are out here talking about dressing. REALLY??? The issue isn’t clothing, it’s perpetrators. Most survivors are violated AT HOME dressed decently by people they trust😳😳😳.
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I am seeing X claims “indecent dressing” on rape, but stats say otherwise. Most cases happen at home in Zim where people are dressed decently A 2019 study found: 27% boyfriends, 25% relatives, 19% neighbors, only 9% strangers. It’s not the clothes it’s the perpetrators.
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Honored to guest lecture at the University of Zimbabwe with the HJMB class on Photojournalism. We explored the power of images, visual storytelling, and photography as a tool for advocacy, justice & truth.
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Women’s voices matter. In Zimbabwe, many mothers still face challenges getting the care they need. Hearing their own stories shows us the real struggles of motherhood. Maternal health is a right. Full story on 710 babies delivered at home in Epworth 👇 https://t.co/THifnkNljF
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Today, we celebrate @emmazihonye, a young leader passionate about storytelling through visuals. We have no doubt that the knowledge she gained during the #Free2Express Summer Camp will be shared widely. Emma believes in the power of freedom of expression, media freedom, and
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710 babies delivered at home in Epworth, Harare. Maternal health isn’t just a women’s issue it’s a human rights issue and a societal priority. The health of mothers shapes the future of our communities. 🔗 https://t.co/THifnkNljF
#MaternalHealth #HumanRights #women
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Harare, a city of hands that sell, hearts that dream, and souls that endure.📸🇿🇼
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The school system rewards memorisation more than creativity.
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Honoured to be invited to speak at the Women’s Democracy Network on promoting information integrity and countering misinformation and harmful narratives against women leaders. 💡✨ #WomenInLeadership #FactChecking #DigitalLiteracy
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