Lorraine Sibanda, born Lorraine Ndhlovu is a lifelong activist for women's rights, workers and human rights. She is currently the President of StreetNet International and is the first woman to reach the position since Street Net's inception. She is also the National President of the Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA), a pioneer organization that has revolutionized the struggle for the rights of informal economy workers in Zimbabwe. She is a qualified teacher who worked in primary schools for ten years and turned to cross border trade, vending and goat farming as the Zimbabwean economy became complicated for civil servants to survive. She has always been outspoken in the face of injustice. She became an active trade unionist while working in a factory, before she went to university. During her university days she became the first female Students Representative Council President- representing and leading fellow students to stand up for their rights. It is therefore no surprise that when Lorraine involuntarily became a full time Informal Economy worker, she did not cross her arms, but actively searched for other workers who were already organizing workers in the informal economy. As a member of ZCIEA, she grew through the ranks of the organization. Her determination, devotion and hard work led fellow ZCIEA comrades to choose her to lead the organization. At the international level, Lorraine continues to make the voices of informal economy workers heard. She has, through WIEGO and StreetNet International, represented and spoken on behalf of informal economy workers in the International Labor Conference in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 . Lorraine is adamant that informal economy workers be recognized as workers, fully integrated into the labor movement and that women must be given the necessary tools, motivation and resources to lead. For Lorraine there is no such thing as a voiceless person. "I don't believe in being the voice of the voiceless, but merely being a mouthpiece of those that I represent, because I believe only the affected can articulate their issues". * 1st female Students Representative Council President (2001 to 2003) * Teacher, Sports, Music, Arts director - (2001 to 2007) * Gwanda Chapter Chairperson, Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (2007 to 2017) * ZCIEA Gwanda Vice Chairperson (2008 to 2010) * ZCIEA Gwanda Territorial President (2011 to 2015) * Gwanda Residents Association Women's Representative (2012 to 2016) * ZCIEA National President (2015 to 2021, re-elected in 2021 to date) * StreetNet International President (2016 to 2019, re elected 2019 to date)