Development Objectives:

The project aims at promoting gender equality and women empowerment as per the UNDP  Gender Equality Strategy 2008- 2013, the ZUNDAF, MDG 3  and CPAP. The intervention in this area is also guided by national and regional instruments such as the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW, the SADC Gender and Development Protocol of 2008, the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women  and Zimbabwe’s National Gender Policy which is under review . In addition, efforts are being made to mainstream gender in all UNDP practice areas.

The project is directly responding to the CPAP Outcomes:

• National Gender Machinery Strengthened;
• Women’s participation in decision making and politics increased

Corporate thematic area:  Democratic Governance

Status of the project: Open

Location: Throughout the country

Period of the project: April 2012 – December 2015

Name of UNDP Program Analyst: Doreen Mutsa Nyamukapa

Major sources of financing: TRAC (USD 2,000,000.00)

Main Implementing Partner: Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development

Other  implementing partners

• Ministry of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion (Gender Responsive Policy Management Initiative); 
• Ministry of Finance (Gender Responsive Budgeting);
• Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs (Law reforms);
• NGOS- to be identified as per areas of specialization

 Sources of funding

• TRAC (USD 2,000,000.00)
• Donors (USD 3,000,000.00)

Delivery in previous fiscal years: (98 %)