#004: Challenging abusive extractive industries in Zimbabwe | Farai Maguwu from One Step Forward

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#004: Challenging abusive extractive industries in Zimbabwe | Farai Maguwu

1 hour 4 minutes Posted Jun 13, 2018 at 12:00 am.

] Human rights abuses around natural resources exploitation in Zimbabwe. Farai’s work at home and abroad.

] The perverse effects of natural resources for poor communities, and the limits of responsible sourcing initiatives like the Kimberly process.

] How Farai came to work in this area. The journey from reaction to pro-action, and building a sustainable community movement.

] Lessons from a decade-plus of activism in a repressive political climate. The ethical and practical pitfalls of engaging with the Zimbabwean government.

] Some international influences and inspiration for effective activism around natural resources, including human rights advocacy and "better-governed" countries.

] The frustrations of community advocacy in a hostile political environment, and staying motivated despite little tangible progress.

] How to help enable communities to speak for themselves, in an environment where political speech has been actively supressed for a generation.

] Advice for international institutions that are concerned with natural resources exploitation, if they want to responsibly contribute in situations like Zimbabwe.

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Farai is director at the Centre for Natural Resources Governance in Zimbabwe (http://cnrgzim.org), and works to empower communities for whom an abundance of natural resources has brought nothing but trouble.

He has attracted considerable international recognition in this role, but this is a slightly more personal story about the journey into human rights advocacy and community organising.

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