Monica Mutsvangwa

Biography

Honourable Senator Monica Mutsvangwa is the Zimbabwean Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development. She is passionate about women empowerment and throughout her political career she has been championing this cause.

Over the past two decades, Honourable Mutsvangwa has held several women leadership positions that include Chairperson for Women's Parliamentary Caucus, Vice President at SADC Parliament Forum, Chairperson of the Standing Committee of gender Equality, Women Advancement and Youth Development, Chairperson of Regional Women Parliamentary Caucus, Elected Treasurer for SADC (PF).

A veteran of the liberation struggle, Hon. Mutsvangwa's service to the country saw her in post-Independent Zimbabwe serving in the diplomatic corps in Belgium, New York (USA) and China, where she was the President of the African Diplomatic Spouses Association. Since then she has held several positions in Government including Minister of State for Manicaland Province, Deputy Minister of Macroeconomic Planning and Investment Promotion, Deputy Minister – Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Deputy Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Services, Minister of Information, and Publicity and Broadcasting Services.

Honourable Mutsvangwa is married and a mother of four children. Outside her political work, she is also an accomplished tobacco farmer and a business consultant in the telecommunications sector. She also devotes her time to fundraising for the disadvantaged in her community and mentoring tomorrow's female leaders.