About – ZIMCODD

Who We Are

ZIMCODD’s growth in the past twenty years has been both phenomenal and fulfilling. The organization has touched lives across the country and region. ZIMCODD operates in 57 out of 63 national administrative districts in Zimbabwe. Our influencing work is growing stronger, using our access to public policy institutions and key decision-makers and access to justice through the courts system, to advance the constitutional rights and interests of communities, through the agency of our members.

ZIMCODD’s regional and international advocacy work is pioneered through the Southern African People’s Network, which in recent years has left an immutable footprint in the region.

In its odyssey, ZIMCODD works around two strategic change goals: Fiscal and Trade Justice. Fiscal Justice encapsulates 5 Strategic Change Objectives (SCOs) covering:

• Domestic Resource Mobilisation
• Fiscal Accountability
• Illicit Finance
• Climate Financing
• Transparency in mega infrastructure financing

Trade Justice, our second strategic change goal pillar, seeks to harness community voices against trade injustices. This pillar is anchored on the following SCOs:

• Right to Sustainable Livelihoods for Small Scale Farmers
• Advocate for a Just Trade Policy Agenda
• Transparency in the Extractive Industry sector:

Core Values

Solidarity

Displaying unity and camaraderie with organizations and individuals who share ZIMCODD objectives.

Integrity

Being professional, ethical, honest, fair, reliable, open and answerable in the conduct of activities.

Justice

Believing in moral rightness based on ethics, rationality and law.

Respect

We value the views and opinions of different individuals, groups and communities.

Teamwork

We complement each other in undertaking tasks.

Participation

We believe that free participation in decision making promotes ownership and implementation of decisions.

Activism

We shall take appropriate action against socio-economic injustices.

Preference for human development

Our efforts are directed at promoting the advancement of the lives of human beings through sustainable methodologies that fully respect the planet and the environment.

Rights based approach

Facilitation of people’s participation to enable them to determine their own destiny. All our interventions have the rights holder in mind

Feminist approach

We believe that in understanding women’s political, social and economic status, their day to day challenges and finding solutions to the complex challenges they face, therein lies the fundamental pillars for social and economic justice. The struggle for social and economic justice cannot be complete if the plight of women is not addressed in all facets of life. We therefore use feminist lenses and look at the ways women’s social and economic status can be improved.