Building communities of equality
Equality begins
with all of us.
Promoting gender equality, preventing gender-based violence and building safer communities across Zimbabwe.
Survivor-centred
People’s choices lead our response.
Community-led
Stronger, safer communities for all.
Evidence-informed
Practical solutions for lasting change.
Who we are
Working together.
Changing what sustains violence.
We work with individuals, relationships, communities and institutions to advance equality and prevent violence.
Men lead in prevention.
In response, they follow the survivor’s choices.
Our Vision
A gender-just Zimbabwe where women and girls live free from violence.
Our Mission
Engaging men and communities to promote equality, repair harm and prevent violence.
Main Objectives
- Increase male participation in the fight against Gender-Based Violence through engagement, education, and empowerment of male champions.
- Strengthen the capacities of communities through skills development and resource mobilisation to promote the socio-economic empowerment of women and marginalised groups.
- Support community reintegration programmes through engaging men in promoting social acceptance and support for GBV survivors.
Our approach
Change at every level.
Individual
Building awareness, skills and positive attitudes.
Relationship
Stronger, more equal and respectful relationships.
Community
Mobilising communities to shift norms and practices.
Society
Influencing systems, policies and institutions.
Our strategic pillars
Six pillars. One shared purpose.
Prevention & Social Norms
School gender clubs and community dialogue.
Explore pillarMen & Boys as Allies
Positive masculinity and peer engagement.
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Women’s Economic Agency
Savings groups, financial literacy and enterprise skills.
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Referral & Accountability
Stronger health, legal and protection pathways.
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Evidence & Advocacy
Research, evaluation and informed advocacy.
Explore pillarPartnerships & Sustainability
Strong partnerships and organisational systems.
Explore pillarCross-cutting priority
Keeping girls in school.
Keeping futures open.
Ending child marriage runs across our work, with school retention at the centre.
Our Prevention ApproachWhere we work
Rooted in three districts.
Masvingo Urban and Rural District Council
Rural farming communities
Goromonzi Rural District Council
Peri-urban communities
Harare
Urban schools and policy engagement
Why our approach is different
Evidence guides us.
Accountability grounds us.
We do not treat gender-based violence as a single problem with a single fix. Equality Allies Zimbabwe works on social norms, men and boys, women's economic agency and the services survivors depend on, all at once, because violence is rarely stopped at one level. Men lead where only men can: challenging how fathers, uncles, headmen and church elders treat violence among themselves. We also work where others rarely do. Male survivors, who have almost nowhere to disclose, and survivors returning to their families and communities both have a place in our programmes.
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