Vision

A world in which women and men participate equally in decision-making. 

Mission

Creating spaces for women and opportunities for organisations to engage in transformational leadership for equality.

Background

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. It does this through leadership development and personal empowerment training.
The Women’s Trust was formed in 2000 with the realization 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      heir respective communities and institutions.
     The Women’s Trust is committed to contributing towards the achievement of      Goal Number 3 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which is “to      promote gender equality and empower women”.

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.