The goal of the SEARCWL is to improve women's legal and social status in Eastern and Southern Africa and to cooperate with similar centres and institutions internationally and within the Eastern and Southern African regions. The Centre seeks to further the development of the discipline of Women's Law and to enhance research capacities and scholarship in conjunction with all its cooperating partners, in particular with the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo. The major component in meeting these objectives is the running of the Masters in Women's Law at the University of Zimbabwe. Further the Centre undertakes training, teaching, research and publication in Women's Law, and the promotion of academic capacity building and networking with regional and international partners both within Universities, NGOs and Governmental Organisations