All news: Zambia

UN Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence

First ever GBV Fast Track Court launched in Zambia

The Government of the Republic of Zambia in partnership with the UN Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence has launched a first ever user friendly fast track court for Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases

Labour Laws

Zambian Government bans Casualisation and Unjustified Termination of Employment Contracts

The government of the Republic of Zambia has made a landmark commitment to end casualization as President Edgar Lungu assents to the revised employment act to ban casualization and unjustified termination of employment.

Stories of change: Zambia

How Zambia is greening its way out of poverty

Faced with unemployment, inequality and poverty, as well as a housing backlog and environmental challenges, the government of Zambia has launched a Green Jobs Programme in the construction sector.

Zambia Green Jobs Programme

Participants of ILO-led Tripartite+ roundtable call for national dialogue on multinational enterprise engagement in Zambia

During a two-day Stakeholder Dialogue on Multinational Enterprises’ (MNE) activities in Zambia, the tripartite participants agreed on the need for an integrated framework for MNE activities. Emphasis was put on increased transparency, dialogue and...

ILO Forced Labour Protocol

Southern African countries urge ratification of international treaty to end modern slavery

A tripartite meeting of Southern African Development Community countries has issued a communiqué calling on African nations to ratify the International about Organization’s Forced Labour Protocol.

Zambia to champion the ratification campaign of forced labour protocol in Africa

The President of Zambia, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, will officially lead the African chapter of ILO’s 50 for Freedom campaign to end modern slavery in the region.

African Regional Workshop on structural transformation

Representatives of governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations from ten African countries met in Zambia to discuss what works to boost labour demand for youth employment in the region.

Opening remarks by: Mr Aeneas C. Chuma ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa

Opening remarks by: Mr Aeneas C. Chuma ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa on the regional workshop of “What works to boost labour demand for youth: The role of structural transformation”

Youth Employment Programme

Ministry of Youth Permanent Secretary calls for Gender Responsive Youth Employment Strategies

Youth and Sport Permanent Secretary Ms. Agnes Musunga has called for accelerated efforts in promoting gender responsive youth employment strategies.

Sustainable Development Goals

Grow the economy with a well-balanced diet

ILO Deputy Director-General Gilbert Houngbo shows the connection between decent work, acceptable living standards and economic growth, which together will help achieve several other sustainable development goals.

2030 Development Agenda

Zambia: How to tackle four development goals in a single project

A new ILO-FAO agricultural employment project underway in Zambia aims to create 3000 additional decent jobs for rural youth, increase their incomes and tackle nutritional deficiencies. In so doing, it works towards four of the new sustainable...

2015 ILO Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Development

The ILO Sustainable Enterprise Academy will be held for the first time in Africa from 31 August to 4 September in Lusaka, Zambia.

ILO (ITC-ILO)

Zambia to host the ILO Global Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Development

Zambia to become the first African country to welcome ILO-supported innovation and best practices in the field of sustainable enterprise development from 31 August to 4 September 2015.

Youth Employment Programme

President Lungu Launches National Youth Policy and Action Plan on Youth Empowerment and Employment for Zambia

Zambia’s Republican President, Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu has launched the 2015 revised National Youth Policy and the first ever National Action Plan on Youth Empowerment and Employment.

Zambia Green Jobs Programme

Innovative mobile social protection registration campaign targeting the construction sector

A joint mobile registration campaign to extend social security coverage to workers in the construction sector is currently being carried out by the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and the Worker’s Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB)...

ARISE I

I swim across the river to get to children at risk of child labour

Under the ILO ARISE Project in Zambia, a total of 3,000 children are targeted to be reached for child labour prevention through behaviour change and peer-to-peer education. To facilitate this process, 200 peer-to-peer educators have been trained by...

Zambia Green Jobs Programme

ILO signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Copperbelt University

The ILO CO-Lusaka, on behalf of the Zambia Green Jobs Programme, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Copperbelt University School of Built Environment to join hands in the mission of greening the building construction sector.

Zambia Green Jobs Programme

Zambian Labour Law: The key to improving business performance

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its partners have launched an important campaign to ensure business growth and sustainable economic development by promoting the creation of decent work in the booming Zambian construction sector.

Sustainable development

Female entrepreneur builds economical, green homes in Zambia

ILO-led Green Jobs Programme in Zambia is expected to create 5,000 new green jobs by 2017 thanks to a partnership between the government and the construction sector.

ITC/ILO

Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Developent

The International Training Centre of the ILO are pleased to announce that enrolment is now open for the 8th edition of the Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Development and for the first time it will take place in Lusaka, Zambia at the New...