Strategic Areas


Priority 1. Sexuality and Reproductive Justice 
We want to challenge social injustice through a lens of sexuality and reproductive health justice through pillars of social work: human dignity, community and solidarity, rights and responsibilities, priority for youths and vulnerable ones. We look at sexual and reproductive justice includes access to fertility treatment, pre- and post-natal care, contraception, pregnancy termination, genetic counseling, quality childcare, and the freedom to choose when and how one participates in sexual activity and expresses one's sexual identity. We seek justice on sexual consent; adolescent parenting; male reproductive decision-making; the treatment of sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV/AIDS; conscientious objection by medical providers; and transgender medical care. 

Outcome 1 – creation of a supportive environment for addressing Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) issues for young people and adolescents 
Key Actions 
 SRHR Policy Dialogues 
 SRHR awareness for young people, parents, guardians, media and policy makers 
 Facilitating enhanced uptake of SRHR services among youths 

Outcome 2 – Enhance positive living among young people living with HIV 
Key Actions 
 Facilitating formation and strengthening of support groups for young people living with HIV 
 Provision of psycho-social support for young people living with HIV 
 Addressing Stigma and discrimination against young people living with HIV 
 Improving uptake and utilization of HIV services among youths 

Outcome  3- Enhance respect of sexual autonomy and bodily integrity among young people 
Key Actions 
 Young LGBTQI Solidarity support 
 Create safe spaces for engagement on policy issues affecting young LGBTQI people 
 Facilitate safe access to SRHR and HIV services 
 Amplify Young LGBTQI voices for inclusive policies

Priority 2 : Age Justice 
Young women and men grapple with serious social, political and environmental problems inherited from their elders. Yet protractedly they have been systematically excluded from policy decisions, even though young people make up two thirds of humanity in Zimbabwe. Apathy among young people on many issues including policy formulation, public service consumption, civic engagement, utilizing the civic space. This period seeks to marshal the energy, creativity and talents of youth to address the multiple inequalities they face, we will all reap a ‘demographic dividend’ and build a fairer Zimbabwe. Age Justice seeks to address the social economic forces (racism, classism, sexism, adultism, homophobia, xenophobia, ableism and ageism) that oppress youths and complicate normative development patterns. It acknowledges youth experiences with discrimination, inequality and negative stereotypes. 

Outcome 1 -Young women and men empowered to meaningfully and independently participate and influence decision-making processes at local and national leve
Key Actions 
 Leadership Training 
 Intergenerational Dialogues 
 Civic and Voter Education 
 Constitutional Awareness 
 Public Accountability and Transparency 

Outcome 2 - Human Rights Monitoring, Protection and Documentation towards civic space protection 
Key Actions
 Young women and men capacity development on Human Rights Monitoring, protection and documentation 
 Solidarity and Referral support 
 Community Human Rights Awareness raising 
 Mobilizing for civic space protection 

Outcome 3 - Amplifying Young women and men (including those with disabilities) voices towards economic justice 
Key Actions 
 Increasing youths awareness on economic justice 
 Facilitating policy dialogues or platforms on economic justice

Priority 3: Gender and Climate Justice 
Gender and Climate Justice is the systemic redistribution of power, opportunities, and access for people of all genders through the dismantling of harmful structures including patriarchy, homophobia, and transphobia1 . To attain gender and climate justice, our approach will focus on (i) Share household chores and childcare equally [Unpaid Care Work], (ii) Watch for signs of domestic violence, (iii) Engage Men for Gender Tolerance and diversity, (iv) Reject chauvinist and racist attitudes, (v) Help women gain power, (vi) and engendering climate justice. 

Outcome 1 - improved redistribution, recognition and reduction of young women’s disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care work in society 
Key Actions 
 Increasing awareness on the impact of UCW on young women 
 Facilitating learning circles on UCW 
 amplifying voices of young women on UCW 

Outcome 2 – Young men empowered for gender tolerance and diversity 
Key Actions 
 Facilitating behavior change among boys on equality and equity 
 Amplifying gender ambassadors voices 
 Enhancing community gender tolerance and diversity 

Outcome 3 – Gender responsive climate justice 
Key Actions 
 Capacity building for youths to influence policies, laws, by-laws, their implementation to be gender responsive climate justice 
 Capacitate Youth Climate Justice Ambassadors with climate justice monitoring, documenting and reporting tools 
 Facilitate gender responsive climate justice dialogues

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