Cecilia Chimbiri

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Cecillia Chimbiri is a Zimbabwean Politician. She is the Youth Chairperson for Citizens Coalition for Change led by Nelson Chamisa. She is the first female to lead the Youth in the biggest opposition party in the Youth Wing since the party’s formation.

She was born on 2 October 1989. From Mashonaland Central Zimbabwe, she attended Southerton Primary School, Bradley High School for her junior and senior education. She went on to study journalism and communications and Law with the University of Zimbabwe. She is listed on the Forum 2000 female database as a panel of experts on human rights which pursues the legacy of former Czech President Václav Havel which supports the values of democracy and respect for human rights, as well as assisting the development of civil society. She has worked in the Government of National unity as a Communications Assistant in the office of the Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara. She was also part of the Constitution Making Process under (COPAC) as a rapporteur and sat in the drafting committee as technical assistant. She also worked as a Provincial Liaison Officer for the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee. She is known for her strong voice favoring human rights, women’s issues as well as youth related issues. She was abducted for two days at an anti-government protest in May 2020.^[1]

Background[]

On 13 May 2020, November Cecilia Chimbiri and two other women, including MP Joana Mamombe, were abducted by masked assailants at a Harare protest against the government's failure to provide for the poor during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two days later, the women were found, badly injured tortured and traumatised, by the side of the road sixty miles from Harare. They reported having been tortured and repeatedly sexually assaulted.

She joined politics at age 21 as an intern in MDC and later worked in the Prime Minister's office under Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara as a Communications Assistant. She was then appointed to the Constitution Parliamentary Committee (COPAC) from the consultative process and sat as technical assistance in the Drafting Committee.

She became a blogger at the referendum and the Constitution in use now was voted Yes. She was later appointed in the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) were she worked for Peace as a Political Liaison Officer Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe ahead of the 2013 election. She currently is the Deputy Secretary for the Women's Academy for Africa (WAFA) Southern Region where she represents Zimbabwe.^[2]

See also[]

• List of kidnappings
• List of solved missing person cases

References[]

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