Hwange Local Board COE

Hwange is a town in Zimbabwe, located in Hwange District, in Matabeleland North Province, in northwestern Zimbabwe, close to the international borders with Botswana and Zambia. It lies approximately 100 kilometres, by road, southeast of Victoria Falls, the nearest large city. The town lies on the railway line from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, to Victoria Falls. The town shares borders with Hwange Rural District Council. It is also well known for the Hwange National Park.

The council is a spoke council in the hub and spoke programme for gender mainstreaming in local government, mentored by Bulawayo City Council.

The council was rated the second best urban spoke council at the 2020 local government SADCProtocol@Work Summit.

Click here to read the council’s 2016 case study
Click here to read the council’s 2018 case study

Click here to read the 2020 local government SADCProtocol@Work Summit report

 Empowering women, ending violence in Zimbabwe

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