CDDRL
Stanford University
Encina Hall, C139f
616 Serra Street
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

sandi@stanford.edu
(650) 724-3996 (voice)
(650) 724-2996 (fax)

Research Interests
The democratization process in Zimbabwe

Zvisinei C. Sandi is a graduate of the University of Zimbabwe and the New School of Social Research's Democracy and Diversity Summer Institute. Zvisinei was a journalist in Zimbabwe, where she was assaulted and persecuted for her views. She has successfully won the lawsuit against the state machinery for unfair labor practices and human rights violations. She also taught Social and Political Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University as well as Masvingo State University. She was the Secretary General of the human rights watchdog, the Society for Gender Justice. She was elected into the executive council of the lecturers union where she led a strike that virtually paralyzed the State owned University system between February and June of 2007. Because of her pro-democracy activities, she was captured and tortured by the notorious War Veterans militia. Zvisinei is currently a visiting scholar at CDDRL, after initially coming to Stanford as one of our Summer Fellows 2007.