By 2017, there is increasing trust in the ruling party, the police, the army and the president. There is also decreasing trust in parliament, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), and the courts. Overall, these women respondents do not report very high levels of political trust in any of the years. Conclusions Overall, this a picture of declining interest and confidence in politics, government and political parties over the five years. This must be moderated against the earlier (statistical) study which showed marked differences between rural and urban women, but we also have to bear in mind the findings about middle class women, and especially young middle class women. Clearly, one cannot generalise about Zimbabwean women, and this is important when considering ways to increase the agency and participation of women. One shoe will not fit all, and it is necessary to devise different strategies for different groups of women, but one finding is important in our view, and this relates to urban and middle class women. It is too easy, as Everjoice Win has pointed out (Win. 2004), to focus too much on young, poor and rural women, and certainly, if women are going to be an influence in politics, the middle class and educated woman must be a critical inclusion in any development strategy. 5