Reports & Resources

Gender Equality Programming in Food and Nutrition Security, Zimbabwe

November 4, 2024

CARE Zimbabwe’s Takunda Project has yielded significant results in enhancing household food security, nutrition, and resilience. Key to this success has been the integration of gender equality interventions across all program components. Notable outcomes include women assuming leadership roles in food security structures, increased women’s control over assets and resources, reduced incidents of gender-based violence, and a more equitable distribution of household labor, ultimately leading to improved agricultural production.

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Men, Fathers and Husbands Committed to Improved Nutrition in their Homes and Community, Zimbabwe

November 4, 2024

CARE Zimbabwe's work through the Takunda project working with men and boys to re-envision norms has made great strides in exploring and expanding ideas around what it means “to be a man;” definitions of masculinity within households and communities; and how this impacts food and nutrition. Takunda views its work as a “journey” of engaging men and boys in food security and nutrition programming. It is a work in progress, building on lessons learned, experimenting, and learning from others. Takunda believes that engaging men does not take away from a focus on women or women’s empowerment. It is not a zero sum game; men and boys are part of the solution, especially when we work with them as equal partners with women and girls to change social structures and power imbalances. By understanding the complexities of men’s’ and boys’ experiences — how they are shaped and the pressures they face — we can build sustainable approaches that benefit everyone.

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The Zimbabwe Green Commitment: Towards Gender Equality and inclusivity.

November 1, 2024

The Gender and Inclusive Zimbabwe Green Commitment, coordinated by CARE Zimbabwe, represents a transformative pledge that emphasizes both environmental sustainability and social equity. This initiative unites CARE and our sustainability partners in a shared goal to prioritize Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, ensuring that gender and inclusivity are central to our sustainability and supply chain strategies. Our commitment extends beyond traditional environmental goals—such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the use of renewable energy, minimizing waste and pollution, and protecting natural resources—to actively promote gender equity and inclusivity. By integrating these social dimensions into our ESG framework, we aim to empower marginalized communities, particularly women, and ensure that their voices and needs are reflected in sustainability efforts. The publication showcases the holistic approach to Gender Inclusive ESG allowing companies to demonstrate their commitment not only to environmental stewardship but also to broader societal and stakeholder interests. It underscores the importance of long-term, inclusive solutions that benefit all members of society, rather than focusing solely on short-term profits.

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CARE ZIMBABWE FY23 ANNUAL REPORT

February 28, 2024

In 2023, CARE International in Zimbabwe (CIZ) achieved remarkable progress in enhancing the lives of women, girls and their communities. Despite facing numerous challenges, including food insecurity and a Cholera outbreak, we remained steadfast in our mission to deliver inclusive, resilient and sustainable solutions to address poverty and injustice. Our efforts were not carried out alone; we joined forces with funding partners, the Government of Zimbabwe, non-government organizations, corporations and the communities themselves. Our reach extended to 164,856 individuals and 64.9% of our program participants were women and girls.

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TAKUNDA/RFSA Community Visioning

August 2, 2023

Community Visioning is a process in which communities work collectively and continually to identify opportunities and a range of possible context-specific solutions they can implement on their own and through collaboration with other external stakeholders.

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Fostering Women’s Participation in Public Spaces Story

August 2, 2023

CARE is working with gender champions to foster women's participation and leadership in public spaces.

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CARE ZIMBABWE FY22 REPORT

July 20, 2023

Overall, from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, CARE Zimbabwe reached a total of 1,262,534 participants, of which 57% were females. CARE Zimbabwe worked in five provinces, implementing programs focused on Gender Equality and Education, Right to Food, Water and Nutrition and Climate Change and Adaptation. We also focused on Health, Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) and Humanitarian responses leveraging on talented staff that advanced development work, research and innovation. Our interventions supported the communities, schools, the government, and other partners to create sustainable, innovative solutions to ensure that marginalized children, especially girls, stay in school; local health systems are strengthened, while supporting livelihoods, to build resilience and alleviate poverty. Our programmes were interwoven with gender transformative approaches that also ensured women have equitable access to, and control over, economic resources, including having the time and opportunity to engage in economic activities.

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Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative: Linking Saving Groups to Adolescents Boys and Girls Economic Empowerment and Education

October 21, 2022

Since 2003, CARE has implemented the Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative (PCTFI) to improve access to and quality of education for marginalized girls across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In 2015, CARE expanded PCTFI to a third cohort of countries reaching marginalized adolescents, particularly girls, (aged 10-19) in seven countries: Cambodia, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and India. This report outlines the learning this multi-country initiative's activities relating to adolescents boys and girls economic empowerment and education.

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Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative: Leadership & Life Skills

October 21, 2022

Since 2003, CARE has implemented the Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative (PCTFI) to improve access to and quality of education for marginalized girls across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In 2015, CARE expanded PCTFI to a third cohort of countries reaching marginalized adolescents, particularly girls, (aged 10-19) in seven countries: Cambodia, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and India. This report outlines learning from this multi-country initiative from the leadership and life skills related activities.

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Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Resilience (SOAR): Impact Brief

March 7, 2021

SOAR is a unique and integrated approach to accelerated education that is designed to enable out-of-school adolescents, in particularly girls, to acquire academic and life skills. The brief elaborates how SOAR is adaptable across context and geographies, and the impact that SOAR has had in South Asia (India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Somalia).

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