Social

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NHF-Zimbabwe carries out social empowerment as one of its most prominent forms of empowerment shown with results from the mainstream media. This action has helped to strengthen women’s social relations and their positions in social structures, giving them more of a purpose outside of the home. Their contributions to society are recognized and valued as opposed to looked down upon simply because it was a woman’s creation. Our social empowerment strategy also fights back against discrimination, no longer letting people of different disabilities, races, ethnicities, religions, or genders be walked over by what’s considered ‘normal’.

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Educational

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NHF-Zimbabwe supports Education activities and sees them as a crucial part of growing and developing, but there are still places in Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa that deny education to girls. We work against this as it takes away a fundamental skill that everyone has the right to knowledge. Without a proper education for all, gender empowerment isn’t possible. Education puts everyone on equal footing, and lets young girls have access to what their rights and duties are. Not only that, obtaining knowledge can boost self-confidence, self-esteem, and make girls self-sufficient. It also gives them access to the development of social, political, intellectual, and religious consciousness, and can discourage the growth of bigotry, narrow-mindedness, superstition, intolerance, and so on. It implements activities that support the education of the Girl Child.

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Economic

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NHF-Zimbabwe knows that people say money can’t buy happiness, but being at an economic disadvantage can take away access to becoming empowered. Being poor, landless, deprived, or oppressed doesn’t allow access to resources that those in good financial standings do. NHF-Zimbabwe believes that closing this gap would allow everyone to have equal footing, and women, in particular, would gain a more significant share of control over the material, human, intellectual, and financial resources. We have economic empowerment activities on the cards and with the funding, we hope to roll them out soon.

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Political

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NHF-Zimbabwe believes that having a voice in politics can be substantial in letting a group’s view be pushed into the light of mainstream media, and that’s no different for advocating women’s rights. The political involvement of women “implies the decentralization of power and authority in the deprived, oppressed, and powerless people who have not been able to participate in the decision-making process and the implementation of policies and programs of both government and organizations as well as familial and societal matters”. In other words, having political influence would not only give a voice to those who haven’t had a voice in how things are governed, but it would also allow the possibility of policies and programs being put into place that would work with these discriminated groups. We have been active in this area working with other local NGOs to advocate for women's Participation in Politics.

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Psychological

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NHF-Zimbabwe knows that Psychological empowerment aligns with social empowerment—it transgresses the “traditional and patriarchal taboos and social obligations” and lets women go beyond what’s expected of them in society. This can build self-confidence, help women recognize their self-worth, and gives them the chance to take control of their income and body.

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