TOR:Gendered analysis of the 2025 National Budget and the Budget Mid-Term Review, with the aim of assessing the gender impact of budget allocations.

1. Introduction
Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), is working in partnership with Christian Aid (CAZ) and Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) for the project titled, “Making Tax Work for Women.” WLSA wishes to engage a qualified and experienced consultant to conduct a gendered analysis of the 2025 National Budget. This analysis aims to assess the budget's impact on gender equality and women's empowerment, identifying areas of opportunity and challenge.
WLSA is a non
• profit making disability service organisation registered as a Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO 06/16) The organisation envisions a society where justice is equitably accessed, claimed and enjoyed by women and girls in all spheres of life. Its mission is to organize, coordinate and support evidence
• based interventions that promote and protect women and girls rights through legal and policy reforms and changes to discriminatory socio
• cultural and economic practices.

Key Responsibilities:
3. Purpose and Objectives of the Assignment
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop a gendered analysis government's fiscal policy and allocation of resources affect men and women differently, given their distinct roles, Responsibilities, and experiences in society. The analysis will also assess past fiscal policies and allocations, identify gaps, and provide policy guidance grounded in empirical data and stakeholder consultations. The specific objectives of the assignment are to:
• Analyse the 2025 National Budget from a gender perspective, identifying allocations and policies that promote or hinder gender equality and care economy.
• Assess the impact of budgetary decisions on women's empowerment and gender equality within the care economy in Zimbabwe.
• Provide recommendations for future budgetary allocations and policy decisions that support gender equality and women's empowerment within care economy.

7. Requirements and Experience
The ideal Consultant(s) should have:
• A Experience in public finance, communications, or gender studies.
• Experience in budget analysis and public engagement.
• Strong writing and visual design Skills for creating user
• friendly materials.
• Knowledge of Zimbabwe’s socio
• economic and gender policy contexts.

3. Purpose and Objectives of the Assignment
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop a gendered analysis government's fiscal policy and allocation of resources affect men and women differently, given their distinct roles, Responsibilities, and experiences in society. The analysis will also assess past fiscal policies and allocations, identify gaps, and provide policy guidance grounded in empirical data and stakeholder consultations. The specific objectives of the assignment are to:
• Analyse the 2025 National Budget from a gender perspective, identifying allocations and policies that promote or hinder gender equality and care economy.
• Assess the impact of budgetary decisions on women's empowerment and gender equality within the care economy in Zimbabwe.
• Provide recommendations for future budgetary allocations and policy decisions that support gender equality and women's empowerment within care economy.

8. Duration of the Consultancy
• This assignment is expected to take place over four weeks.