Tsitsi Marian Masengure is a Human Rights and Children’s Rights Law Expert, Consultant, Social Scientist, University of Zimbabwe Legal Proctor and Lecturer, Legal Undergraduate Department in the Faculty of Law at the University of Zimbabwe. She is a holder of a Masters in Constitutional and Human Rights Law (LLM), a Bachelors of Laws Honours Degree (LLBS), a Diploma in Social Work (DSW) and a Certified Project Manager. Ms. Masengure is highly competent in championing human rights particularly children's rights in all the courts in Zimbabwe; building the capacity of the children and young people, various stakeholders both child rights and non-child's cadres, other civil society partners, parliamentarians and communities at large on topical human rights issues. She has contributed chapters for a book titled, ‘Çhild Labour and the Law in Zimbabwe’, the book manuscript is now ready. She was part of the taskforce that tabled before the Parliament of Zimbabwe the petition to; “Promote effective RHS access by adolescents and young people’, leading to raising the age of consent in Zimbabwe. Currently drafting the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) incorporating all the relevant laws and policies on children in conflict with the law. She has penned several petitions, papers, policy briefs, fact sheets, demystified reading material for children’s rights and has penned successful fundraising proposals and above all managing donor projects. She has participated in law reform initiatives including making presentations on the pending Child Justice Bill, then Marriage Bill, pending Persons living with Disabilities Bill, Termination of Pregnancy Act and Amendment of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] on Mandatory Sentencing for Rape and Sexual Offences. She continuously conducts television, radio and newspaper interviews to advocate human rights.
The establishment of Decipher Research Centre was motivated by the growing need for independent, evidence-based legal and policy analysis capable of bridging the gap between academic research and real-world governance challenges in Zimbabwe and comparable jurisdictions.
