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Tripartite partners reach consensus on the Standard Operating Procedure of the TNF

Since the enactment of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum Act on 5 June 2019, there has been need for its operationalization. The ILO provided technical and financial support for the development of the Standard Operating Procedures, which will be the...

ILO teams ups with NSSA to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on informal economy work spaces

Recognizing the great challenge that governments, employers, workers and societies are facing worldwide to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) partnered with the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) on a...

Zimbabwe: Development of a Curriculum for Domestic Workers

ILO Webinar Examines Impact of COVID-19 on African Migrant Workers in the SADC and IGAD Regions

In response to impacts of COVID-19 to migrant workers, the ILO encourages countries of origin and destination to develop mechanisms to implement policy responses that support the protection of migrant workers’ rights.

Domestic Workers Association of Zimbabwe wins the ILO Skills Innovators Challenge

Winner of the ILO Innovators Challenge proposes to empower domestic workers with skills that respond to their current working world

World Youth Skills Day

1st ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call winner announced

The winner of the first ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call has been announced, and the USD 50,000 prize has gone to a domestic workers association in Zimbabwe.

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...

Small businesses in Bulawayo contribute to the COVID-19 response

As the world comes to terms with the impact of COVID-19, manufacturers of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as masks, gloves and medical robes are struggling to address shortages in key inputs for their production following disturbances in...

Bridging the gender divide

Building infrastructure for a rural-based horticultural project to directly benefit whole communities, has indirectly empowered some rural women with building skills.

“This is evidence of what strong partnerships can achieve”

Mutoko District, east of the capital Harare, is known for growing varieties of horticultural products. There is a glut of the produce every season, which affects prices and the farmers suffer heavy losses. With ILO support, an anchor enterprise has...

Improved market access through BDS training

By providing BDS training to the farmers, the project empowers the farmers to negotiate as well as determine the price of their produce.

Informal economy operators in Bulawayo to benefit from ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business programme

The ILO has trained 17 Start and Improve Your Business trainers to offer management-training services to improve the businesses operating in the informal economy.

Zimbabwe tripartite partners agree on priorities for 2020

Senior leaders from the Government; Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations met for a two-day meeting and agreed on the priority areas of action to advance the decent work agenda in 2020.

Zimbabwe takes steps to implement new Labour Migration Policy

There has been a growing commitment for making decent work a reality for migrant workers in Zimbabwe. This process is benefiting from technical and financial support from the ILO and International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Co-creating better work places for micro-enterprises

As part of efforts to facilitate the transition from the informal economy to the formal, the ILO convened a two-day meeting to co-create designs of workspaces and plans to enhance the sustainability of identified enterprises.

Initiative to facilitate the transition from informality to formality launched in Bulawayo

The initiative is part of the Employment Promotion and Labour Market Governance Programme (2019 -2020), which in part, seeks to facilitate transition to formality in Zimbabwe.

HIV self-testing at workplaces in Zimbabwe

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) of Zimbabwe, together with ILO, UNITAID, Populations Services International (PSI) and the National Aids Council (NAC), have implemented a HIV Self Testing (HIV/ST) initiative in ten companies. The...

Zimbabwean Artists Fast Forward to the Greener Future of Work

In July 2019 the Green enterPRIZE Innovation and Development Programme, supported by the Government of Sweden, sent out the "Fast Forward Competition for the Arts" call to artists from across Zimbabwe to express through arts the changing world of...

Workers in Zimbabwe reflect on the Future of Work

Trade union leaders met on 21 and 22 October 2019, in Harare for a labour symposium under the theme: “The Future of Work: Towards a resilient social contract”. The meeting discussed the disruptions currently experienced and expected in the world of...

It is time to conclude reform of the labour law!

There has been a growing commitment among tripartite partners in Zimbabwe to apply international labour standards during the on-going process of labour law reform. This process is benefitting from technical and financial support from the ILO. A...