About Us

The Women’s Trust is a not-for-profit organisation working for the empowerment of women in tertiary Institutions and rural communities to enable them to participate fully in national development process.

The Women’s Trust was formed with the realisation that while there is already a dynamic and vibrant women’s movement in Zimbabwe, there remains a gap in relation to enhancing the capacities of women in decision-making.

Changes taking place globally call for a new way planning developing priorities and for changing the processes of managing this development.

In order for effective and positive development to take place it is important for women to access positions of decision - making, while on the other hand ensuring that the capacities of those already in power are enhanced to enable them to be key players in championing gender responsiveness in their respective communities and institutions.

Activities Of The Women’s Trust

• Developing a critical mass of young and mature women who can articulate the issues and effect change in their institutions and communities;

• Providing guidance to Institutions and communities on how to develop further and implement existing gender sensitive practices;

• Providing training that addresses beneficiary needs in terms of institutional capacity building for gender mainstreaming;

• Providing a process approach to gender training that includes follow through monitoring and advice for greater impact; and

• Providing consultancy services to organisation on the above stated areas.

Our Objectives

• To promote gender equality in organisations and communities by providing knowledge and technical skills training in gender and community development.

• To enhance the status of women by informing and influencing the policy, environment and process on matters of women’s issues, gender and participatory development.

• To equip young women and women in decision-making with the skills for their own self-empowerment and that of their communities.

• To document the experiences of The Women’s Trust Alumni in their process of self and community development.