Government Programmes in Zambia - Working Conditions

Various measures have been taken by the Government to accelerate equality of men and women:

Conditions of service in the Public Service affecting female officers were reviewed. The reviewed areas relate to receipt of travel benefits when married female officers travel on vacation leave on their own. In addition, payment of housing allowances was extended to married female officers if they are not housed by the employer and when they travel to and from vacation leave. In the same vein, burial benefits are given to these officers whenever they lose a spouse or one of their children. In the past, only married male officers were eligible to such benefits.