ZIMBABWE

n = 20

Yes

6.

Information about procurement procedures or signed
contracts?

7.

Information about vacancy and employment procedures?

8.

The address, telephone number, and working hours of the
organisation?

9.

The contact details of specific public officials?

No

Partial
X

Additional information
It has a Tender tab, which
only has information on the
Chirundu Traders Market.

X
X

The working hours are not
listed, but the portal has
decentralised physical
addresses, contact details,
and contact persons from
province to district level.
X

The links do not work.
X

10. A mechanism to request and receive responses to
electronic messages and requests for information?

It has a mechanism to receive
a response through an
email address. The live chat
WhatsApp link is invalid.

Total score: 12/20

CATEGORY 2: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
The following questions were sent to the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community Small and Medium Enterprise
Development:
Please share a copy of the draft Gender Policy and Gender-Based Violence Strategy.
How can young women, including those with disabilities, contribute to the strategy and policy?
How can organisations like ours partner with your ministry in seeking input from young women and popularising
the strategy and policy?

y
y
y

n = 20

Yes

No

X

1.

Is there an official, who is designated to take and respond
to information requests?

2.

Did the organisation reply within 21 days?

X

3.

Did the organisation respond to the request for
information?

X

4.

Does the organisation publish their procedures for
handling information requests?

X

5.

Did the organisation provide all of the requested
information?

X

6.

Did the organisation provide written reasons for the refusal
of information?

X

7.

Did the organisation disclose information about its
operations, budgets, structure, etc.

X

8.

Did the authority provide information without questioning
the aims and motivations of the applicant?

X

9.

Did the organisation acknowledge the request for
information within 7 days?

X

10. Was the information received clear and understandable?

Partial

Additional information
Information Officer.

X

The authority did not respond
to the information request.

The information request was
not granted.

Total score: 2/20

118

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