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 level
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
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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