About Us
introduction
Ministry Vision
Socially and economically empowered women and resilient communities enjoying gender equality in a Small and Medium Enterprises driven economy by 2030.
Ministry Mission Statement
To formulate, implement policies / programmes for women’s empowerment, gender equality, resilient communities, MSMEs, and cooperatives development and to coordinate stakeholders in the sectors.
- Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No. 20; Sections 2,3,6,13,14, 17, 22, 25, 26, 31,40,46,52, 56, 71, 78, 80, 120 and 124
- Cooperative Societies Act (Chapter 24:05)
- Small and Medium Enterprises Act (Chapter 24:12)
- Domestic Violence Act (Chapter 5:16)
- Gender Commission Act (Chapter 10:31)
- Cabinet Directives
Ministry Core Values
- People Driven
- Responsiveness
- Accountability
- Teamwork
- Integrity
- Gender Sensitivity & Inclusivity
Departments, Sections, and Parastatals
- Women Affairs Department
- Gender Department
- Community Development Department
- Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperatives Development Department
- Human Resources Department
- Finance and Administration Department
- Legal Advisory Department
- Strategic, Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department
- Procurement Management Unit
- Audit Section
- Communications and Advocacy Section
- Zimbabwe Women Microfinance Bank
- Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation (SMEDCO)
Ministry Overall Functions
- Formulate, recommend, implement, coordinate and evaluate policies, strategies, and programmes that promote women empowerment, gender equality, community, cooperative, and MSMEs development.
- Develop and promote value chains for goods and services produced by women, communities, cooperatives, and MSMEs.
- Provide, coordinate and facilitate technical and entrepreneurship skills and management training that support the empowerment of women, communities, MSMEs and cooperatives.
- Promote equal and equitable access, control, and ownership of resources in order to address gender inequalities.
- Ensure prevention and response mechanisms to reduce all forms of gender-based violence.
- Develop and maintain through research, databases, and publications on women empowerment, gender, communities, cooperatives, and MSMEs.
- Coordinate research work and publications on gender and provide gender-sensitive information and sex-disaggregated data for use in planning and project implementation at all levels and in all sectors.
- Provide support for technology access and development for women, community, MSMEs and cooperatives.
- Administer development funds for women, communities, MSMES and cooperatives.
- Administer all Acts assigned to the Ministry.