Women-NGOS and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective
This paper examines the challenges associated with women-NGOs’ financial inadequacy as agents of women empowerment processes in Zimbabwe. With the utility of a resource-dependency theory and a qualitative paradigm, the study discovered that some women-NGOs were downsizing and/or closing due to finan...
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| description | This paper examines the challenges associated with women-NGOs’ financial inadequacy as agents of women empowerment processes in Zimbabwe. With the utility of a resource-dependency theory and a qualitative paradigm, the study discovered that some women-NGOs were downsizing and/or closing due to financial paucity; most of them were skeletal in nature, compromising on coverage. The study also problematizes the donor-dependency syndrome of women-NGOs in Zimbabwe leading to a discourse on the sustainability of these NGOs. The discussion through social work lenses recommended immense advocacy for gender-sensitive policies which can facilitate gender mainstreaming efforts being made by the civil society in light of the current political-economic challenges. A plea for good governance, accountability and a paradigm shift towards developmental interventions aligned to a more integrated approach to solving socio-economic ills is also made in line with the tenets of developmental and critical social work. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-44142022-06-27T13:49:06Z Women-NGOS and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective Mafa, Itai Kang’ethe, Simon M. Financial paucity Donor-dependency Women empowerment Social work Zimbabwe This paper examines the challenges associated with women-NGOs’ financial inadequacy as agents of women empowerment processes in Zimbabwe. With the utility of a resource-dependency theory and a qualitative paradigm, the study discovered that some women-NGOs were downsizing and/or closing due to financial paucity; most of them were skeletal in nature, compromising on coverage. The study also problematizes the donor-dependency syndrome of women-NGOs in Zimbabwe leading to a discourse on the sustainability of these NGOs. The discussion through social work lenses recommended immense advocacy for gender-sensitive policies which can facilitate gender mainstreaming efforts being made by the civil society in light of the current political-economic challenges. A plea for good governance, accountability and a paradigm shift towards developmental interventions aligned to a more integrated approach to solving socio-economic ills is also made in line with the tenets of developmental and critical social work. 2021-06-08T12:05:08Z 2021-06-08T12:05:08Z 2019 Article 2409-5605 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajsw/article/view/192195 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4414 en African Journal of Social Work;Vol.9 ; No.2 open National Association of Social Workers |
| spellingShingle | Financial paucity Donor-dependency Women empowerment Social work Zimbabwe Mafa, Itai Kang’ethe, Simon M. Women-NGOS and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective |
| title | Women-NGOS and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective |
| title_full | Women-NGOS and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Women-NGOS and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective |
| title_short | Women-NGOS and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective |
| title_sort | women-ngos and financial viability: implications for women empowerment processes from a social work perspective |
| topic | Financial paucity Donor-dependency Women empowerment Social work Zimbabwe |
| url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajsw/article/view/192195 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4414 |
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