Trudy Stevenson
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Lottie Gertrude Stevenson (nee Bevier) (born 16 September 1944) is a Zimbabwean politician, currently the Member of Parliament for Harare North in the Parliament of Zimbabwe. She is also a founding member of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of Zimbabwe and the first white woman to be voted into the MDC National Executive.
Stevenson was born in the United States, but she attended school at the exclusive Wymondham College in England from 1955 to 1962.[1]. She obtained a BA degree (French and Italian, joint honours) from the University of Reading and a Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Zimbabwe.[2] She moved to Zimbabwe 1980, and became a citizen in 1990.
She currently serves as MDC's national secretary for Policy and Research in a smaller faction of the MDC; the main wing is led by Morgan Tsvangirai. 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, 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 Stevenson positively identified her assailants as members of a rival faction of the MDC.[3] . But subsequent investigations indicate that the attack may have been instigated by government agents.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Wymondham College :Alumni notes
- ^ Trudy Stevenson :entry in Parliament website
- ^ New Zimbabwe :attack on Mrs Stevenson
- ^ Financial Gazette :attack blamed on government agents
