The FLAME (Female Literary, Arts & Music Enterprise) project was launched in October 2006 as an arts development program designed to practically promote women artists into the mainstream of the arts in Zimbabwe, by providing performance opportunities, exposure, skills workshops, networking possibilities and publicity. In 2007 FLAME established ‘Sistaz Open Mic’, a monthly event held on a Saturday afternoon, created to encourage young women to come out in the safety of daytime, and participate in the arts.