Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN)

Project Name:
Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN)
Institution :
Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Center

Core Competence:
Professionalisation of the Voices of the Private Sector & Civil Society
Project Region :
Eastern & Southern Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Status :
Closed
Grant Number :
166

Grant Amount (USD):
1 000 000

Commitment Date:
2006

Closing Date:
2009

Introduction:
Established in 1990, the Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre And Network (ZWCRN) is a non-Governmental organisation working on gender and development. In December 2005, the ACBF Executive Board approved a grant of US$ 1 million for three years to ZWCRN towards capacity building for effective advocacy, coordinated dialogue and partnership with Government and other stakeholders in gender equality.
Project Description:
The overall goal of the project was to reduce gender inequalities and promote gender-sensitive development policies for poverty reduction and improvement of the welfare of women, men, girls and boys in Zimbabwe.

The specific objectives were to:
1. Strengthen the institutional capacity of ZWRCN that will enable it to effectively and efficiently coordinate the implementation of the project and deliver the programs;
2. Build the human capacity of all major stakeholders including Government technocrats, Members of Parliament, local authorities, civil society organizations in gender budgeting;
3. Increase knowledge base on gender budgeting through economic research and dissemination of information on the effects of the budgets and socio-economic policies on women, men, girls and boys; and
4. Promote effective participation of civil society organizations including women organization, the media, and gender researchers in influencing public policy and budget priorities through structured advocacy, coalition building and networking.
The project had four components:
1. Human capacity building
2. Research and Publication
3. Advocacy, Networking and Coalition Building
4. Institutional Capacity Strengthening

ACBF has been granted the status of a specialized agency because of the potential to transform Africa through capacity development.

H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson, AU Commission

The recognition of ACBF as the African Union’s Specialized Agency for Capacity Development launches the beginning of a new era for capacity building by ACBF, which will require an appropriate level of political commitment and financial support from all stakeholders.

H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Chair, ACBF Executive Board

The remarkable achievements ACBF has registered over the past 26 years is not by accident in our opinion. They have come through hard work, dedication, commitment, purposeful leadership, support from the member countries as well as productive partnership building.

Mr. Lamin Momodou MANNEH, Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa

Africa needs ACBF as much, probably more now, than at the time it was created in 1991.

Hon. Goodall Gondwe, former Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance – Malawi

Ghana’s partnership with ACBF is a tremendous blessing for us and therefore the opportunity for Ghana to host the 26th ACBF Board of Governors Meeting is something that we treasure.

Hon Ken Ofori Atta, Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance - Ghana

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