Making+good+on+commitments+to+grassroots+women

Since the late 1990s, Zimbabwe has been enmeshed in a major economic and political crisis that has seriously eroded the status of women in that country. Despite these problems, two women 's organisations have emerged that offer some hope for poor and low-income women in that country: the Zimbabwe Women 's Resource Center and Network and the Musasa Project Trust. These organisations, coupled with the UN's Fourth International Conference on Women and the NGO Forum of Women held in China in 1995, have promoted the empowerment of grassroots women in Zimbabwe. They demonstrate the increasing strength of civil society and the future possibilities for women 's enhanced contributions to their communities and to national development. (Original abstract) - It would be beneficial to understand the role such NGOs as CARE play in female empowerment in developing countries. .