country director - Eswatini & zimbabwe
TENDAYI PUNUNGWE
education level
- Masters of Science Degree in Development Studies, National University of Science and Technology Zimbabwe
- Bachelor of Science Honors In Sociology and Gender Development Studies – Women’s University in Africa
- Executive Certificate in Community Development and Humanitarian Project Management – University of Zimbabwe
- Certificate in Practical Monitoring and Evaluation- University of Zimbabwe
- Diploma in Secondary Education-University Of Zimbabwe
- Certificate in Family Health and Life Studies- Mutare Teachers’ College
- Certificate in Systemic Family Counselling, Connect-Zimbabwe Institute of Systemic Therapy(ZIST), Zimbabwe Open university
- Certificate in Sexual Reproductive Health Research- Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research( WHO collaborating centre in Education and Research in Human Production)-pending
A Sociologist/Gender Specialist with over 10 years of experience in the provision of technical and programmatic support in gender mainstreaming, gender equality and women empowerment; supporting the development of tools, systems processes and approaches that continuously improve technical excellence and impact in the area of transformative approaches to women’s economic empowerment. As a Public Health Specialist from 2014 to 2016, she led eSwatini Red Cross Society as an implementing partner for Voluntary Services Overseas for a SIDA’s Gender project providing strategic leadership and technical expertise for the promotion, design and implementation of high-quality SRHR programmes in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, capacity building of Ministry of Education and health professionals. She is a Sexual Reproductive Health specialist with over 22 years of experience in Health and Development programming across SADC having worked for more than 5 international organizations and government institutions.
Public Health Specialist (relief Program Manager), Voluntary Service Overseas – RHAISA, 04 November 2014 to 30 November 2016
Duties and Responsibilities: Implementation and Management of VSO projects in Swaziland: SIDA funded sexual reproductive health project by ensuring all depicted project activities take place
Community Demand Creation Officer – CeSHHAR-Zimbabwe -November 2012-31 July 2014
Community Liaison Officer – Africa University Clinical Research Centre – Oct 2009-Sep.2012
- Consultant :INTERDEM Management Consulting January (Eswatini 2017-2019)
- Developed manuals and trained Enumerators on how to use mobile surveys and carry out field supervisions
- Developed manuals for Social Workers on Family Group Conferencing introduction in Swaziland
- Participated in the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Survey for the Pan African
- November 2020: SRHR HIV Migration Policy Review in the SADC Region (IOM, Save the Children International and University of Witwatersrand School of Public Health)
- September 2021: Feasibility Study for the 2nd phase of TeamUp (also known as: Improved livelihood perspectives for young people living in rural East Africa” initiative) by Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW, Germany)
- October 2021: Sexual Reproductive Health: Development of CSE (Knows-No-Border Phase II) Save the Children International (SCI ESARO) specifically through the Regional Programming Unit (RPU) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).