All resources: Zimbabwe

SECTOR Working Paper No. 327

Promoting decent work in the rural economy: Lessons from Zimbabwe (2008–2018)

This paper, a desk review, presents a documentation of ILO interventions in Zimbabwe’s rural economy during the period 2008–18 that also extracts lessons learnt.

Smart partnership in action

The ILO, in partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Art and Recreation completed the construction of a fruits and vegetables pack-house built with financial support by the African Development Bank (AfDB)...

Tripartite Negotiating Forum: Reinvigorating the social contract

Steps to institutionalise social dialogue in Zimbabwe, although small and measured, look promising as there are many positive examples from Africa to learn from. There is little reason to fail as the ILO Global Commission report: Working for a...

Artists called to express the transforming world of work in a greener Zimbabwe

Recognising that there are jobs in the world of Art, a Competition for the Arts ‘Fast Forward: The Future of Work in a Green Economy’ was launched on 8 July ending on August 25, 2019 under the Green enterPRIZE project supported by the Government of...

Our impact, their voices

Zimbabwe: The rewards of going green

The ILO’s Green enterPrize helps support green and growth-oriented small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe. Several winners say the competition has been a big help for their companies.

Fast Forward Competition for the Arts

To celebrate its centenary, the ILO Office in Harare is pleased to announce its first Competition for the Arts. Fast Forward: The Future of Work in a Green Economy aims to boost the creative economy in Zimbabwe and spark conversations with artists...

Sweden impressed by UN cooperation in Zimbabwe

ILO, UNFPA, City of Harare and Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe contributed a total of US$800 000.00 for the construction of the clinic, youth centre and a demonstration cobblestone road all constructed by the youth.

Spotlight Initiative launched in Zimbabwe to tackle gender based violence

Six UN agencies will be implementing interventions in the following areas of the EU funded Spotlight Initiative: laws and policies; institutions strengthening; prevention and social norms; services; data; and women’s rights movement. The ILO’s...

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ZIMBABWE - “I cannot wait to start working in my community and prove what I am capable of”

An ILO-led public-private partnership in a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Harare demonstrated how investments in clinics, schools and roads can be a means to provide skills and employment opportunities for young people.

CO Harare celebrates the Centenary

THE International Labour Organization (ILO) Country-Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia recently celebrated its Centenary at an event, where Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa also launched and commissioned the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF).

Blessing Shereni, Peer Educator, Sandvik

Dr. Florence Moyo, National President Occupational Health Nurses Association

Dr. Israel Murefu, First Vice President Employers` Confederation

Japhet Moyo, Secretary General, Congress of Trade Unions

Raymond Yekeye, Acting CEO National AIDS Council

Zimbabwe

Forced labour

Zimbabwe joins efforts to combat forced labour

Zimbabwe has ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention becoming the 32nd ILO Member State to do so.

Encountering the Rivers of Stones in Chimanimani

Tropical Cyclone Idai ravaged Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi between 14 and 15 March 2019, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and thousands missing, with homes and infrastructure completely destroyed. Whole communities have been displaced and are...

GREEN ENTERPRIZE

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Further project information

Green enterPRIZE Innovation and Development in Zimbabwe