Trudy Stevenson
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Lottie Gertrude (Trudy) Stevenson is the MP for Harare North in the Parliament of Zimbabwe. She is also a founding member of Movement for Democratic Change of Zimbabwe. Stevenson (nee Bevier) was born in the USA on 16 September 1944. She attended school at the exclusive Wymondham College (UK) from 1955 to 1962.[1]. She obtained a BA degree (French and Italian, joint honours) from Reading University (UK) and a Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Zimbabwe.[2]
She currently serves as MDC's national secretary for Policy and Research. She was quoted as saying "Mugabe does not frighten me, I feel it is my duty to stand up for the rights of all." In July 2006, after attending a political meeting in the Harare suburb of Mabvuku, Mrs Stevenson was attacked and suffered panga wounds to the back of her neck and head. The MDC leadership immediately claimed that the attack was carried out by ZANU militants. But, while recovering in hospital, the MP for Harare North positively identified her assailants as members of a rival faction of the MDC.[3]
[edit] External links
- Meet your Member of Parliment- offical Parliment of Zimbabwe Website
- Trudy Stevenson information provided by the MDC
[edit] References
- ^ Wymondham College :Alumni notes
- ^ Trudy Stevenson :entry in Parliament website
- ^ New Zimbabwe :attack on Mrs Stevenson
