All news: Zambia

New water and energy-efficient, quality and affordable housing on the cards for Zambians

The Zambia Green Jobs Programme announced the winners of two creative design competitions aiming at delivering functional, affordable and new energy-efficient housing.

Zambia Green Jobs: Ecohome 2013 Design Awards

The Zambia Green Jobs Program announces the winners of two design competitions launched in 2013 to promote innovative house designs that are water and energy-efficient, with quality and affordable living spaces, suitable for low and middle income...

Zambia launches National Dialogue to ratify ILO Convention on Maternity Protection

The First Lady of Zambia, Dr Christine Kaseba-Sata opened on 27 March 2013 a National Tripartite Dialogue to discuss the ratification process of the ILO Convention 183 on maternity protection; a first in the regional bloc of the Southern African...

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Speech by the First Lady of Zambia at the National Tripartite Dialogue on Maternity Protection

Launch of the Decent Work Country Profile for Zambia, 31 January 2013

Zambia’s progress in the development of labour market conditions and protection for workers has been enhanced by the development and launch of the Decent Work Country Profile for Zambia.

Gender equality

African judges’ labour of law

The ILO helps 25 African judges fight sex discrimination in the courts but cultural challenges remain the biggest obstacle for some.

Government Republic of Zambia(GRZ) and United Nations (UN) Joint Programme launched Gender Based Violence launched

The Government of Republic of Zambia (GRZ) and the United Nations (UN) Launched a four-year GRZ-UN Joint Programme, with a budget of USD 15.5 million, to reduce Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Zambia.

Zambian President calls for strong global partnership on youth employment

Zambia looks forward to a process that will “lift millions of our people out of poverty,” the President of Zambia, Michael Chilufya Sata told delegates to the International Labour Conference.

ILO and IMF support discussion of a new strategy for employment, decent work and development in Zambia

Zambian authorities, trade unions and employers agreed to work together and with the ILO and the IMF to promote employment by creating inclusive growth, at a two day-meeting that ended in Lusaka on 22 May.

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon to address Zambian Parliament

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will visit Zambia this week and address the National Assembly in a special session.

First Lady of the Republic of Zambia calls for urgent ratification of ILO Maternity Protection Convention

In an address to a Special Focus discussion on Women at the 12th ILO African Regional Meeting, The First Lady of the Republic of Zambia urged African countries to rapidly ratify the Maternity Protection Convention (183) of the International Labour...

Disability Equality Training for Parliamentarians in Zambia *MPs PLEDGE ACTION ON INCLUSION OF DISABLED PEOPLE*

Members of influential Parliamentary Committees have pledged to do all they can to ensure the full rights of people with disabilities in Zambia. They aim to achieve this through awareness raising at all levels, and by pressing for the ratification...

Disability Equality Training

In Zambia, a commitment to inclusive approaches for people with disabilities

An estimated 7 to 9 per cent of women and men in Zambia live with a disability, most of them in poverty. ILO Online reports from the country’s capital Lusaka where Disability Equality Training (DET) is part of a new effort to make sure that the...

Forced labour

From labour exploitation to forced labour: a fine line

Forced labour is a crime that requires severe punishment. But clear guidance is needed, to determine the often thin dividing line between labour exploitation and forced labour. Zambia is one of the African countries to have taken steps both to...

The Best Story on Labour Rights: "Plight of a Zambian mine accident victim"

Jessie Ngoma-Simengwa investigated the issue of health and safety in Zambian copper mines owned by an Indian company, telling the story of a worker who got seriously injured in a blast caused by the lack of necessary safety measures. The author of...