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Safe Market for Decent Work and Social Justice Targets Women Informal Traders

The Sustainable Enterprise Development for Women and Youth (SEDWAY) project, being implemented by ILO with support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ), and the Masvingo City Council is promoting gender equality...

Workplace training manual on violence and sexual harassment is launched in Zimbabwe

A training manual was developed under the Spotlight Initiative which gives guidance on workplace policy, programme development and implementation to end workplace violence and harassment. It seeks to address its drivers, strengthen preventative...

Equipping domestic workers for decent work through training

After winning the 2020 ILO Skills Innovation Challenge Call, Mendy Lerato Lusaba’s Domestic Workers Association Centre has not only enhanced capacities of domestic workers to be more fit for purpose, but she has also expanded their skills to enable...

Promoting a whole-of-government approach to address decent work deficits in the informal economy in Zimbabwe.

After two years of nation-wide consultations, coordinated in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Zimbabwe), the ILO supported the Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare to review the proposed National...

Opportunities for decent work for women and youth and improved productivity for MSMEs in the Zimbabwe construction sector

The project seeks to improve the productivity of micro, small and medium construction enterprises, and to contribute towards addressing decent work deficits among vulnerable workers through decent working conditions and putting onto effect their...

Promoting financial education in Zimbabwe: the experience from an ILO certified trainer

Shalom Govero is an ILO certified financial education trainer based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Since 2016 she has been delivering financial education primarily through radio, with over 200 radio programs broadcasted with two privately owned stations and...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

StreetNet International: Organizing street vendors towards formalization and economic empowerment

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths in the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On...

The Model Workplace Programme champions SGBV and Harassment in the workplace in Zimbabwe!

The Country Office is participating in the Spotlight Initiative – an EU supported programme, which is a global partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. The programme is an integrated package of interventions across six...

CO-Harare goes on retreat

After more than two and half years of being compelled to working from home, due to COVID-19, CO-Harare staff fully returned to the office on 4 August 2022. The uneasiness and distance that WfH created among staff was undeniable and necessitated an...

Zimbabwe signs its Decent Work Country Programme, 2022 – 2026

Zimbabwe has signed its fourth generation of the DWCP 2022 -2026. The document is aligned to the Abidjan Declaration, the Zimbabwe United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, 2022-2026, and constituents’ priorities.

Support of AfDB to ILO work is growing

The AfDB has availed funding for yet another four-year project aimed at adding value to horticultural produce and gemstones in three districts, establish safe markets for women in urban centres and support access to markets by rural dairy farmers.

Government commits to ratifying the Convention concerning the elimination of Violence and Harassment in the world of work

Zimbabwe is on course to ratify C190 following a common position by the tripartite partners at a social dialogue forum

Law enforcement officers sensitized on Freedom of Association and the Right to Strike to organize and collective bargaining conventions

Since 2015, the ILO Supervisory Bodies received cases of arrests of trade union leaders and their members during their conduct of trade union business related to mainly demonstrations and or strike action. Sixty-nine law enforcement officers were...

Youth and Women Empowerment Project

ILO Regional Director for Africa Visits AfDB-ILO Custom Mercury Free Gold Milling Plant in Zimbabwe.

As part of her mission to Zimbabwe, the Assistant Director General and Regional Director of the ILO, Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, visited an AfDB funded project site in Guruve district, where the ILO has supported the establishment of a custom...

Helping local government and business associations to promote the formalization of small enterprises in Zimbabwe

Helping local government and business associations to promote the formalization of small enterprises in Zimbabwe (summary)

Support of AfDB to ILO work responds to NDS1

Four years of financial support to women and youth livelihoods and empowering (YWEP) projects in Beitbridge, Mutoko, Lupane and Guruve districts have convinced the AfDB that CO-Harare is a credible partner to be trusted with funding for a second...

5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour

Far-reaching action needed to end child labour

Delegates at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour unite in calling for more to be done to end child labour

Informal Economy

Dialogue Aims to Unlock the Informal Economy in Africa

A policy dialogue titled: "Informal Economy in Africa - Why Way Forward," has brought together stakeholders from different sectors to discuss how to make economic policy responsive, inclusive, and sustainable in Africa.

Media Advisory

Media Advisory: Regional Conference On Informal Economy In Africa

The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) and are hosting a policy dialogue to discuss the increasing importance of the informal economy in Africa.