All resources: Zambia

Green Jobs

Featuring the ILO “Green Jobs Champion” of Zambia

The Zambia Green Jobs Programme (ZGJP) was hailed as an ILO flagship agenda for green jobs projects at the 5th Global workshop held from 8-11 March 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Bridging gender gaps and inequalities through green jobs

Green jobs opportunities are key to bridge gender gaps and inequalities while ensuring environmentally-sustainable economies, stated ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas C. Chuma in Cape Town, South Africa.

Social Protection

Assessment of Malawi’s Proposed Unified Beneficiary Registry and Information Management Systems for Social Protection in Malawi

This report discusses the type, strengths, and weaknesses of Malawi’s Social Protection information management systems and provides recommendations on how to improve them. In addition, the report presents international evidence on various modes of...

Social Protection

Practical Options for the Extension of Social Protection Coverage in Zambia: Casual Saw Mill Workers

The study focuses on reviewing the nature and extent of social security benefits provided by legislation to casual workers in the saw milling industry, understanding their patterns of income and specific employment arrangements and exploring...

Social Protection

Practical Options for the Extension of Social Protection Coverage in Zambia: Small Scale Farmers

The study explores the possible strategies to expand Social Protection to small scale farmers as well as the requirements for SHI scheme design adjustments to fit the income patterns and employment arrangements which prevail in the sector. The...

Social Protection

Practical Options for the Extension of Social Protection Coverage in Zambia: Domestic Workers

This report provides an overview of the nature and extent of social security benefits for domestic workers in Zambia and explores perception of benefits and willingness to contribute from both domestic workers and employers’ perspectives.

Social Protection

MORE THAN BUSINESS ALONE: Extending and Promoting Social Protection amongst MSMEs and Informal Workers in Zambia’s Building Construction...

The social protection component of the Zambia Green Jobs Programme aims to strengthening a social protection floor for vulnerable workers and families in the construction sector. This report is a brief outlining the approach methodology, and results...

Social Protection

Extension of Social Protection to Workers in the Informal Economy in Zambia

The summary report proposes strategic options to extend social protection to workers in the informal economy in Zambia.It summarizes the lessons learnt across four field research studies on domestic workers, small scale farmers, saw mill workers and...

Social Cash Transfer

Discussion Note on Targeting in Malawi and Implicating for the Future of the Social Cash Transfer

Given the widespread poverty and vulnerability levels economic targeting of social assistance programmes is deemed to be largely ineffective in Malawi. This discussion note suggests that moving from strict targeting of ultra-poor households towards...

Women with Disabilities

Focus on : Disabled Women Entrepreneurs in Zambia

Women experience higher rates of poverty than men due to, among other factors, a lack of access to or limited opportunities for training.

Q&A

Five facts you should know about green jobs in Africa

The green economy can be an opportunity for women to gain their rightful place in the workforce. On Africa Environment Day and Wangari Maathai Day, ILO News talks with Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Policy specialist on Green Jobs at the ILO, to get...

Disability

Moving Towards Disability Inclusion

Technical vocational education and training (TVET) plays a central role in opening career opportunities for people with disabilities and enhances earning potential, career progression and employability. In Zambia, PROPEL supported five TVET...

Employers have strong, independent and representative organization (Outcome 9 - 2016) - Final evaluation (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: GLO/14/59/NOR, GLO/14/73/SID, and RAS/14/58/NOR - Evaluation Consultant: David Irwin

ARLAC to address Decent Work in the Global Supply Chains

Members States of the African Regional Labour Administration Centre are holding a High Level Ministerial Symposium on Decent Work in the Global Supply Chains from 18-19 February 2016 in Livingstone, 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.

Green Jobs in Zambia

The renewable power of green skills for women in Zambia

For the women in the Kalulushi compound in the Copperbelt Province, building their own houses with green technologies wasn't enough. Like most people in Zambia's rural areas, they are off the grid. Without electricity, families must either spend...

Green Jobs in Zambia

Building green, boosting jobs, bettering lives in Zambia

Faced with unemployment, especially among women and youth, high levels of inequality and poverty, and environmental issues the government of Zambia launched a Green Jobs Programme in 2013. (Closed Captions available)

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.

W4Y Zambia country summary