Mantate Queeneth Mlotshwa joins Westminster as a Visiting Researcher

Mantate Queeneth Mlotshwa has joined the University of Westminster as a Visiting Scholar from October 2024 to March 2025.

Her research focus is on the nexus of gender, digital technology and politics in Africa. At Westminster, she is exploring the evolution of media in women’s political campaigns in Africa, with the objective of understanding the challenges and opportunities for women’s political participation, set against the backdrop of a fastchanging media landscape.

She holds an MSc in African Studies from the University of Oxford, where she focused her research on the strategies employed by women politicians in Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections, with a case study of Elisabeth Valerio, the country’s only female presidential candidate. The research highlighted the ways women politicians navigate social media, and the impact of the undercapacitation of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission in enabling the digital space as a safe space for women to contest for public office. She obtained a BSc in Psychology from the University of Zimbabwe.

Please join us in welcoming Mantate to Westminster.