Netsai Mushonga

Overview

Netsai Mushonga born Bindura, Zimbabwe June 12, 1969. Nonviolent peace activist. Began Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) for Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1997. Arrested for holding meeting for nonviolent resolution training, 2005. National Coordinator of Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ), 2012-14. Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 2005.

Quotations

I have benefited more from the work I do than the women I have come across, because they have taught me survival skills in dignity.” (World People’s Blog, Nov. 4, 2006; photo zimeye.org)