Zimbabwe

Female Prisoners Support Trust (FEMPRIST) is a Zimbabwean NGO entity which was formulated in 2011. The organization is involved in the counselling, rehabilitation and reintegration of female ex-convicts back into society. Its main target group is inmates who are due for release. The organization seeks to attain the following objectives: to build the capacity of female prisoners in areas of economic empowerment through training in lifetime skills; to promote health and reproductive health rights including HIV/AIDS; to create platforms where female prisoners independently meet and share pertinent issues affecting them; to mobilize resources for use by female prisoners; research and documentation; lobby and advocate for better living conditions for female prisoners; to create alternative work through environmental management clubs. FEMPRIST works closely with prison officers as well as civil society partners working in such areas as health, legal advice and education.