Author: Zheera

ZHEERA Trust is an award winning women led organisation that is dedicated to promoting social change and justice for women and girls by creating opportunities and platforms that positively transform and build a society that upholds their rights and empowerment in addressing broad challenges at all levels. ZHEERA is a Shona colloquial word that means “the road.” ZHEERA Trust was formed in 2019 to support and build the capacities of women and girls, specifically focusing on providing knowledge about their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). ZHEERA utilises community dialogues and workshops as platforms for engagement with their target groups, primarily young girls and women. ZHEERA Trusts encourages women to navigate their paths while holding each other’s hands by embracing the concept of the road or journey. The organisation values the importance of collective support, listening to one another, and finding solutions to the problems that affect women. Our core values are inclusion, integrity, empowerment, justice, equality, solidarity and hope. Our objectives and goals are as follows: To promote gender equality To promote sexual and reproductive health for women and the girl child To promote social change and justice for women and the girl child To facilitate measures that dismantle patriarchal systems. To promote skills development, socio-economic empowerment, and political inclusivity. Our stakeholders include Monomutapa hotel, Doves Holdings, Shamwari YeMwanasikana, GirlUp, ZBCTV, Environmental Buddies, Empowered Women, Allusol Design and Fitting Experts, Earground Africa, Young Women In Business and many more