Zimbabwe uses reserved seats in a mixed system for both the lower house and local government. Zimbabwe has always had a quota at the national level; 210 of the 280 available seats are open to contestation by women and men through the first-past-the-post system. A further 60 seats are reserved for women from a party list on a proportional representation system based on the constituency votes gained in a province.

A Constitutional amendment added 10 seats for the youth quota (five females and five males) in parliament, starting with the 2023 elections. The 65 reserved seats for women make up 23% of the total available seats. The 2023 elections witnessed a slight decline in WPP in the national assembly, from 34% to 31%.

After a concerted campaign by the Women in Local Government Forum, supported by Gender Links, the quota was expanded to the local level ahead of the 2023 elections. The quota led to a 19 percentage-point increase in WPP in the 2023 local elections, from 14% to 33%.