As global geopolitics undergoes significant shifts, international peacebuilding moves from dominant liberal models, characterized by democratization, institutionalization, and market liberalization, toward more pragmatic, context-sensitive approaches. In post-independence contexts like Zimbabwe, liberal peacebuilding has struggled to achieve sustainable outcomes, especially in addressing the gendered dimensions of peace and development. Efforts to implement the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda have faced challenges due to entrenched patriarchal norms, limited state support, and the marginalization of rural women. This chapter evaluates the implementation of Zimbabwe’s National Action Plan (NAP) for the WPS agenda, focusing on grassroots women’s contributions to local peacebuilding efforts. It examines whether adaptive peacebuilding, which emphasizes local ownership, iterative learning, and flexibility, offers a viable alternative for enhancing NAP implementation in Zimbabwe. Based on a qualitative on-desk study utilizing document analysis, the findings suggest that adaptive peacebuilding can improve the effectiveness, inclusivity, and contextual relevance of WPS initiatives in Zimbabwe, particularly for marginalized women.