Zvimba Rural District Council COE

Date: October 29, 2015

Fact file
Country	Zimbabwe
Province/Region	Mashonaland West
Baseline score	64
Post 2015 score (2016); (2018); (2020)	(77-Silver); (80-Gold); (64-Bronze)
Population	263,020
Number of women councillors	7
Number of men councillors	28
Joined the COE programme	2011
Anchored Hub and Spoke Programme (Year)	Yes (2020; 2021)
Anchored Entrepreneurship Programme	Yes
Summit	2016;2018; 2020

Located in Mashonaland West Province, with a population of 263,020 Zvimba RDC covers an area of 6 275 square kilometres. Zvimba is known for its Agriculture activity. Zvimba RDC is one of the few local authorities in Zimbabwe which boasts of a stand-alone gender committee. Zvimba RDC is a model local authority in gender mainstreaming issues. The council is a hub council for Mashonaland West rural councils in the Hub and spoke programme for gender mainstreaming.

Read the council’s 2016 summit case study here

Read the council’s 2018 summit case study here.

Read the council’s 2019 verification report here.
Read the 2020 local government SADC Protocol@Work summit report here.