Terms of Reference:Simplifying the 2024 & 2025 National Budget for public understanding, focusing on key budget allocations and their implications for various sectors, including gender-responsive poli

1. Introduction
Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), in partnership with Christian Aid (CAZ) and the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD), is implementing the project "Making Tax Work for Women." WLSA seeks to engage a qualified consultant to simplify the 2024 and 2025 National Budgets for public understanding, focusing on key allocations, sectoral implications, and gender
• responsive policies. This initiative aims to enhance civic engagement by making budget information accessible to all citizens, particularly women and marginalized groups.
WLSA is a non
• profit disability service organization registered as a Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO 06/16). The organization envisions a society where women and girls equitably access justice in all spheres of life. Its mission is to advance women’s rights through legal/policy reforms and transformative socio
• economic practices.

Key Responsibilities:
3. Purpose and Objectives
The consultancy will:
• Produce a clear, simplified version of the 2024 and 2025 National Budgets, emphasizing key allocations and gender
• responsive policies.
• Analyze sectoral impacts (e.g., health, Education, social protection) on women and vulnerable groups.
• Recommend strategies to enhance public awareness and engagement with fiscal processes.

Requirements
• Expertise in public finance, economics, or communications.
• Experience in budget analysis and public
• friendly reporting.
• Knowledge of Zimbabwe’s gender and fiscal landscape.

3. Purpose and Objectives
The consultancy will:
• Produce a clear, simplified version of the 2024 and 2025 National Budgets, emphasizing key allocations and gender
• responsive policies.
• Analyze sectoral impacts (e.g., health, Education, social protection) on women and vulnerable groups.
• Recommend strategies to enhance public awareness and engagement with fiscal processes.

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