Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Research
Service provision
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and the economy
Women in power and decision-making
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Geographic scope: |
National
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Promote gender equality and empower women
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1993 |
Organizational structure: |
WLSA Zimbabwe has a Board of Seven Trustees who guide its work. WLSA Zimbabwe is registered as a Trust in Zimbabwe and has officers comprising of the Director, legal and research officers, finance and administration and support staff. |
Number and type of members: |
WLSA Zimbabwe's members are drawn from women and men who are trained as peer educators, paralegals, community opinion leaders and empowerment circle members. Currently these number over 1000 drawn from the whole of Zimbabwe. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe; National Association of NGOs; AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa; Gender Forum Zimbabwe; Women Inheritance Now; Property and Inheritance Rights Network Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights |
Funding structure: |
Other sources
Foreign and international grants
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Funding structure other: |
Book sales; consultancies |