Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Development
Disabled Persons
Education
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Social Development
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Men and boys
Research
The girl child
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and health
Public Administration:
Governance and Public Administration
Social Development:
Disabled persons
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Education
Gender equality
Health
Major Groups
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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Country of activity: |
Zambia
Botswana
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Eswatini
Malawi
South Africa
Lesotho
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Promote gender equality and empower women
Improve maternal health
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2007 |
Organizational structure: |
SAYWHAT is led by an Advisory Board which oversees the running of the organization. The Secretariat is led by the Executive Director who leads a staff compliment of 30. At institutional level, the Organization has a local coordinating committee, made up of students, who lead and guide implementation at that level. at Provincial level, there is a Provincial Coordinating Committee that is also made up of students and lead implementation of programs in the provinces. At National Level, there is the National Coordinating Committee that leads and designs interventions at that high level. This committee also guides organizational policy developments and ensure that the needs of the students and ideas are well incorporated and translated into programs by the secretariat. |
Number and type of members: |
There are 42 Institutions of higher learning that are SAYWHAT members and within those institutions are student members of SAYWHAT, each SAYWHAT Club contains over 40 students. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
SAYWHAT is a part of the Right Here Right Now platform and a member of the Zimbabwe SDGs reference groups and the Zimbabwe Abortion Coalition |
Funding structure: |
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Foreign and international grants
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